by Well, day one of fuel injector install... and all went pretty smooth until I tried to put the 95-99 fuel rail with the new injectors to the motor, and found that the legs on the legs on the 95-99 fuel rail are 2", the same as my 2000...
plus found that the o-rings for the 2000 injectors for bottom are a smaller size for the 36lb injectors, so i used the bottom old O-rings off the injectors that came with the 95-99 fuel rail.. I may get new lower O-rings, but my dad said the bottom ones off the injectors from the 95-99 fuel rail would be fine, they where still soft, and i had no problems putting them on the 36lb injectors.So after about hour or hour 1/2 of beating and bending the 95-99 fuel rail legs, we have come to a conclusion that cutting the leg and welding it will be the best. To seat the 36lb injectors, the leg needs to be 1' 3/4, instead of 2'. i don't understand why the legs on the 95-99 are 2' since the injectors that came with them are the same size in length as the 36lbs ones. The 2000 22lb injectors are about a 1/4 bigger in length.
The only thing we can come up with, is there is a stud that the rail legs fit on, and there is a bolt on that stud, and that would be 1/4 inch. So before we hack and weld the 95-99 rail as a practice piece, we are going to see if we can remove the bolt from the stud or remove the stud completely, and use something else maybe.... bolt and washer, or something, I'm sure my dad knows right off since he's work on cars and mining equipment for many years.
So, I'll be sure to post and try to remember to take some pics tomorrow. I took a few pics today, but theose where after i had everything taken off the engine. Was meaning to take pics as i removed everything, kinda forgot since i was looking forward and hoping to get the install done today. Tomorrow, I'll try and take pics as I'm installing everything back, key word is try
But, in short. 95-99 fuel rail did not work, legs where same length as 2000 rail, 2"
Injectors that came with 95-99 fuel rail same length as 36lb injectors, as the 2000 22lb injectors are right at 1/4 longer.
New O-rings that I bought for the install was for the 2000 injectors, found out the top worked, however the bottom one would not, the O-rings were to small and skinny, so I currently used the bottom O-rings from the injectors that came with the 95-99 fuel rail. May get new ones, but these seem soft and seemed to go on easy, onto the 36lb injectors.
Going to first try and remove the studs that the fuel rail legs set on, and that would take the 1/4 inch, that is needed for the new 36lb injectors to seat. If not, the 95-99 fuel rail will be used to cut and weld as practice so the 2000 fuel rail will be a better product
And I think that is everything for now, more tomorrow... hopefully everything will go smoother tomorrow...
