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Phaeton
2nd July 2016, 12:23
When I was slicing around under the dash the other day trying to get a cable into the engine bay I nicked a fuel line. I've now pull the line completely out & I'm replacing both, I've rigged the cut one up temporarily so I can start the car but have a question about the route. Ideally I don't want to have to drop the tank if I can help it, we're trying to sell the house & a half dismantled car is not a good advert.

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Is it possible to use a hole saw in the red area & feed the pipes up to the pump?
bearpuncher
2nd July 2016, 12:43
everything is possible, just go slow lol.
bearpuncher
2nd July 2016, 12:44
8 years experience of drilling into live 3 phase boards, not died even one time doing it
Phaeton
2nd July 2016, 16:29
It's not the drilling of the hole, it's whether it's possible to feed the pipes through,

3 phase, pah! there's only 4 wires what possibly can go wrong :D
Ben_SaxoForte
2nd July 2016, 16:33
i'd personally just drop the tank there's only like 2 or 3 bolts holding it on anyway and even if you use the hole saw there may be something obstructing the pipe so you cant get it to the pump
Shadowslayerzz
2nd July 2016, 22:12
Just have a look under the metal with a camera from the fuel pump access and see if there's anything in the way? If I remember rightly it's just a void inbetween those plates of French metal ;)
bearpuncher
3rd July 2016, 00:25
It's not the drilling of the hole, it's whether it's possible to feed the pipes through,

3 phase, pah! there's only 4 wires what possibly can go wrong :D

nothing a wee bit of electrical tape wont solve :D

on one job a bloke in a digger soon found out what happens when you ignore warning "live cable below" tape, a new bucket for his digger, was pissin with rain so the hole was filling up n heaps of smoke coming from it.

if in doubt get someone else to do it so you can pass the buck if it goes wrong