In the final push to get Woody's engine fired up, even if it is just for 30 seconds or so, today was the day I had set aside to fit the fuel pump and test the fuel lines for leaks ahead of 'turning the key' tomorrow.
First things first, let's set up a beauty shot.
What we have here Ladies and Gentlemen is a Chevy Blazer fuel...basket?... and a Walbro 450 fuel pump, good enough for more than my planned 500whp.
First challenge.
Bumhats. Not the slot A in tab B assembly I was hoping for...
Never mind, I have a set of those de pinning keys I purchased on a whim several years ago so this should be an easy job, right?
Wrong.
Lets just say that I eventually got the pins out but it was in no way thanks to the miracle of the de pinning keys... Grrrr.
Anyway, eventually ended up with...
Which I 'skilfully' (ahem) attached to the plug wiring that came with the pump.
Aaaannnnnnndddd this is where it all went a bit Pete Tong.
See the blue clip that I have carefully circled in red. Yes that one on the left. Well, its job is to hold the wires in place to stop them falling out - in conjunction with the hateful pins already mentioned.
Well, as I went to re insert it into the plug it decided it had had enough of my nonsense and shot off like one of Elon's rockets at a trajectory across the garage, never to be seen again. I spent 2 hours searching for it until I was at thermo nuclear levels of annoyance - for those that know me I don't get annoyed so lets just say the best thing I could do was to close the garage doors and retreat to watch some trash TV.
Question for those of you have more experience than me on such things, can I 'Just" fill the connector up with silicon to hold the wires in place instead of the clip? Will it be affected by the fuel?
If anybody has any ideas or advice I would appreciate it.
As my old boss used to tell me 'Hope is not a Strategy' but I am hoping I will go out there again tomorrow and find the hateful blue clip sitting on the bench - or one of you bright sparks comes up with a solution.
So, until tomorrow.
Onwards!
P.
