Famous last words.
And the color had me wondering where you got a thick cast intake manifold without the bolt holes. Took me 10 min to realize it was the painted masking tape!
) so I threw a coat of cast iron on it too. I tell you what, the more I see it, the more happy I am with the color! I also cleaned up the power steering pump pulley and threw a coat of black on it. Finally I did all my mods to the fuel sending unit. I put Leroy's Metrum Rod on it and installed the barbed fittings for my new fuel hoses. 
Tell me about it, I put some things in black garbage bags on different shelves, I spend way too much time looking for crap.A little progress tonight. I finally found the oil fill tube where it was hiding (which was in a box that I looked in at least THREE times before!
I haven't done much for over a week, another vehicle and the brakes on my 4wd tractor took precedence.
Yeah, I bought a Raptor from you last fall and it's going to finally get installed this week. I didn't install the FSU yet, I was going to do that part of the install tonight.
Yeah I test-fit it last night and I have about 3/16" of clearance to the bottom of the tank with the o-ring in place. I appreciate your on-call status, thanks Leroy! However, I feel like you may be using that as an excuse as to why it's taking so long to get the P400 done.....
Oh and now you're going to repaint parts of it??? Mmmmm hmmmmm.....very fishy.
I got a can of cast iron paint today while out running errands.Yeah I test-fit it last night and I have about 3/16" of clearance to the bottom of the tank with the o-ring in place. I appreciate your on-call status, thanks Leroy! However, I feel like you may be using that as an excuse as to why it's taking so long to get the P400 done.....
That sounds like a fun project! I stumbled across that in another area once but didn't follow it. Sounds like it's time to follow another thread...I got a can of cast iron paint today while out running errands.
Stupid me, I thought I had the water pump here ready to go, but no! I had to get another one coming. Waiting on that before I can update my build.
Gives me a short time to mess with my VW TDI in my S10 though
I have no idea, maybe Leroy can speak to that? I bought a roll of Goodyear biofuel rated 5/16" hose so I can run an all new return line in addition to the new 1/2" supply line. The original lines were getting pretty crusty so I wasn't far from a leak.
Thanks Matt. Yeah if I didn't have these parts already I probably would have just put the engine in with the existing fuel system in place since mine was still working ok. These parts certainly would have been on the wish list though, so it's nice that it will be done. Besides the extra fuel flow and pressure, the peace of mind of a new fuel system will be nice as well.Thats a sweet looking setup Nate! I'm a bit jealous, but I can't complain, as my OE Delco pump seems to be taking care of business for now. Like the Raptor.
Matt