Today I put the skinny oval patch on the passenger side F panel in the engine compartment. I probably should have done this sooner but it all worked out. Honestly I didn't know what this patch panel was for until I was on the phone with Factory Five for something else and I asked. I guess it is either missing from the manual or I just skipped over it somehow. The hole is in the F panel for older model Fords used in donor setups where the radiator hose is somehow routed through there. I didn't need to route the hose through there so I patched it up.
While I had the drill and pneumatic riveter out I decided to clean up the "modified" driver footbox. As you might recall I popped a section of the lower inside footbox out further into the engine compartment. Today I made the aluminum sheet metal meet up with the side of the transmission tunnel. I had to use the 1/2" long rivets to really pull this metal together but I think it came out nicely. I also cleaned up the corners of the upper piece still pointing towards the driver. You can see at the very top there's a little gap I still need to fill....
Oh I should also mention, I've been working on the fuel pressure regulator slow leak I have. All of a sudden the fuel pump stopped working. I started checking all these fuses and the plug that goes to the pump driving myself a little nuts. It turned out the inertia switch will go off with a decent bump. The car doesn't have to go upside down. So all you need to do is check the red button and push it again. Good to remember if it ever happens out on the road from a speed bump or something!
Under some better light I can see the fuel is coming from the top lid of the regulator. I spoke to Mallory and they said I needed a 9/64" allen wrench to tighten the tiny bolts on the top of it. Of all my 30 or 40 allen keys I didn't have 9/64" so I had to order that. It should arrive Saturday.
