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With all the Global excitement, I haven't been home much or free time much to complete this task.
I stopped a week ago, at the Airbox removal... leaving the fuel lines at the firewall prior to engine bay.
Airbox, now that was a fussy thing... just tug up... Ya, right.
I ended up cutting the insulators to gain flex and pop lugs through and lift Airbox up.
While I had it off, proceeded with installed new spark plugs... 104,000 miles guessing original plugs.
Completed lines, ran them in same track and series of clamps all the way... basically duplicating the OEM Route 99%
For Heat concerns near Rr Exhaust & Muffler, installed a heat shield... continued to use the shielding all the way up to Firewall clamp.
The remaining under chassis heat shield wrap; not for Heat concerns; more for protection of road debris... Vinyl lines under high pressure on -20 below temp or even hot summers... a little added protection with fiberglass shielded wrap provides peace of mind.
I used zip strips temporary, until the stainless straps arrive. The Zip strips are rated 185F, so they're not Extreme Hi-Temp but they'll hold up even near the muffler.
I'll give a hand to the QuickJack, that made the task for me much easier than jack stands.
Remain impressed with that Lift system!
Southern states or summer car, yeah you could patch the line.
Northern car? Replace the whole thing with the plastic lines and be done with it...
mines northern and winter driven, oil spraying and greasing areas that tend to rust does a lot. The rest of the lines looked good on it, it’s been a couple years since I fixed it and it hasn’t leaked again