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You mean "procrastination"? Right? I'm a "crastinator" I haven't reached the PRO status you have...

I think the only reason yours will actually start with that low pressure is the fact that it does hold pressure so there is something there for the priming shot. In my case the pressure bled off immediately leaving nothing to squirt into the port. My experience says this will only get worse and driving any distance is likely to leave you stranded. I am not sure where actual air would be in the rail but it takes quite a bit to pressurize that large diameter rail and nothing will go through the injector without a decent amount of pressure, and that would likely be a dribble rather than atomized fuel. If you look at the fuel rail of an L27 TPI engine, the rail is about 1/4 the volume or even less.

I believe you are correct with the brakes feeling firmer. Last year they seemed fine, but this spring they just didn't feel right. They just didn't grab like I was used to. I really believe that cars when they get to this age stuff likes this starts to happen. I now have done the fronts on the Red, this Black, the 'vert, and the '89 Black that your son has. All within the last two years.

"If all goes well I should be driving next week just in time for the leaves to start changing in the mountains. Fall is my favorite time of year for driving my Reatta. Just goes to show that sometimes a little patience pays off. 🙂" Maybe it's just me but it sounded more like procrastination, of course when retired, that is standard for many thing😬 Not pickin' on ya, I have an S/C engine to put together that has been on the back, way way back, burner for a couple years. Probably a smart move if not entirely confident and this ranks right up with Dave's friends. Glad to hear it. Edit: I must have forgotten to click the submit button a few hours ago so I guess Dave beat me too it :((

Looks like next week Thursday is "Car Day" at Bob's. I couldn't figure out why my gas mileage wasn't that great on the Black, and today found out why when washing my car. Both front wheels sizzled when I hit them with water so I think my rubber brake lines are partially collapsed and need to be swapped out. Already had the hoses in the parts bin as I wanted to do the 'vert. The 'vert used different lines so I ordered for it and that is why I had extra hoses.

Another update on my fuel pump problem that I have drug out for a couple of months now. I know this should have been fixed long ago but it's not been done yet. My intention was when I got back from vacation (last week) I was gong to start on it. Only having one set of jack stands and needing two, I went to Harbor Freight to get a set of the aluminum ones. I've been wanting some of those for a while now. Just my luck they were out of stock. I didn't want another set of steel stands so I was willing to wait until they got the aluminum stands back in stock. That worked out pretty good. I saw my friend Donnie Turpin, (who I originally wanted to change the pump for me) at the Cracker Barrel Saturday night. He asked if I had got my fuel pump installed yet. I told him no. He said he was covered up with work but if I would bring it over to his garage when he opens next Monday morning at 9 o'clock he would do it for me. That made me very happy because I was dreading doing it laying on my back without a lift. If all goes well I should be driving next week just in time for the leaves to start changing in the mountains. Fall is my favorite time of year for driving my Reatta. Just goes to show that sometimes a little patience pays off. 🙂