It is ALIVE!!!!!
Link to video on youtube:
Got everything put back together, hooked up fuel and batteries. Turned the fuel pump on to fill the IP. It really surprised me. I was watching the loose return lines for fuel indicating that the pump was full and the electric pump wasn't doing it. So I started turning it over with my hand held switch and was still watching the return lines. I only turned it over for a minute or so and still no fuel at the return lines.... but I had fuel at the injectors! (I had left all 4 lines connected but loose at the injectors to bleed air). Anyway, tightened up all 4 injector lines, hit the starter again and in about 5 seconds, it was running! Loping / hunting a good bit but I figure it still had a good bit of air here and there and the throttle was set to dead idle too. Shut it off after a few seconds (shut off solenoid works too!), filled the radiator back up - I have LOTS of leaks - and restarted it. Started instantly. Jacked up the RPM a little and let it run for maybe a minute, probably less, and it smoothed right out. Haven't let it run more than 2 minutes total but I'll do that tomorrow when I have some light. You can see at the end of the video I posted that the IP filled up and the return port started spewing fuel - that's when I shut it off. Ran it that one more time after this video and after I hoked the return lines up and bump the throttle a little.
Tomorrow I'll get my meter and look to see if I'm making any power.
It only took a month and a half but it runs, thanks to you guys!! I seriously doubt I would have tried to tackle that IP without all of your help!!
Got a long way to go but I feel like I will get there now.... eventually LOL! Heck, I'm not even finished taking crap apart yet!
Thanks again for all the help! I will keep posting progress on this thread and probably still be asking lots of dumb questions.
Oh, and so far, the dip stick hasn't blown out... so far.