fuel line connectios by engine

Ok, guys I am done with my first plenum pull ever!

I am so happy, its a great milestone for me. Never done that type of work before lol.



Here are some mentals notes I took during the install.



For the hard hoses, the one that are very difficut to insert back onto the tubes, I used a little bit or plenty of dielectric silicon. I came across the brake booster hose? that was very hard to put back in, I could not slide it back into the tube. Even when I used plenty of dielectric grease, it wouldnt budge at all. I then boiled some really hot water and dump the hose into it. Next, I greased it up with dielectric grease ( pure silicon ) and it went it like butter!





I greased every little electrical connector I found, no matter how small or big they were. If I could reach them, I greased them , lol.



I kept the EGR and water hoses under the plenum. Reason, I felt unsure about ripping the EGR on my own and didnt want to mess it up. The hoses under the plenum, whatever I could match with a lordo hi pressure fuel hose, I replaced them with the new hoses.



In regards to the EGR. The tube were not really blocked solid, only the driver side had some caked up residue at about 30% of the hole. So, I blasted the inside of the tube ( I didnt remove it ) with TB cleaner and right away I inserted a small clear through vacuum hose attached to a vacuum pump and sucked the carbon out of the tube. I also bought a small snake cable and inserted into the tube to break up and left over carbon, followed it up with another blast of TB cleaner and finished it up with a good overall vacuum.



here are some pics!







I wanted to leave " no bolts behind " yet, somehow I ended up with this 10mm bolt FAIL























thanks for looking!



and happy new yearZ!

Gracias Sal!

here is the pic of Zinister! in all her glory, last summer