Spent a few hours today trying to get things set where I can get the engine back and running. I had fabricated the oil filter bracket earlier this week and just needed to get the exhaust attacked and the two oil lines made up. Really happy with how they ended up, enough distance from the exhaust and hopefully leak free.
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With one side of the exhaust on I needed to mount the other - sadly classic case of 2 steps forward and one back. The passenger side went in painlessly compared to the already mounted drivers side. It appears that part was fabricated a bit crooked which forces the whole exhaust up 1.5-2". This would have really ticked me off but I already have to swap out the glass packs with shorter ones so I'm just planning to cut and reweld the flange on #4 to get the better angle.
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With any luck at all I'll get some oil in it tomorrow and get it running enough to flush any last metal bits out. Oil and filter change then put a few miles on it ... that is if it's going to idle with the new jet as I hope it does.