Last weekend's progress

Saturday, I unpacked the "new" used starter from Parts Heaven that goes with the 3.2. And as I noted that the starter sprocket still didn't mate up with the ring gear, I thought that it probably shouldn't anyhow when the engine is running. So maybe, the sprockets extends? Later, posting on Pelican Forums, i confirmed this apparently usual behavior of starters. Learn something new every day, even if I take the hard route.

The other part I got from Parts Heaven was a lever for connecting the throttle linkage. It's connected to the transmission and joins the throttle linkage from the chassis and the one from the engine. Using the lever from my 901 tranmission left the throttle part-open all the time. The piece I got from the 915 indeed has longer lever arms and all is good.

Now I just need the throttle idle switch from Pelican and the engine can finally be bolted back into car.

Wait. I still need to plug the vacuum lines... Still debating how to do that. Are there special plugged hoses you can just attach or do I have to rig something up?

Next thing I did was mount the DME parts under the drivers seat and run the harness into engine bay.

Sunday, I took the fuel tank out and reran the plastic fuel lines through the chassis again, now existing where the hard lines used to come out in the front, allowing me to move the fuel pump back out of the smugglers box and back into the factory location.

As soon as I get some connector for the fuel return line for the fuel tank, the fuel system is complete.