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Nothing wrong with the way your passenger side fuel line swoops over the valley. Mine is the same way. Like SSJ said, you may want to run it under the pedestal.
Sorry to hear about your rib. Leaning over these engine bays sure are hard on them. Some folks here have mentioned using blankets to help soften the rib poke
I was using a double-folded moving blanket, but that wasn't enough evidently : (. Perhaps I should step up to a foam pad.
Sous: Decided against relocating the GPR. Too many variables for a layperson like me to feel confident in doing it safely/reliably at this point.
Since I don't have an AIH relay to worry about, it's a bit easier to accommodate the GPR:
There's enough room for the hoses to clear the GPR bracket and avoid rubbing.
I initially wanted to rout the rear passenger line below the pedestal, but the 45 deg fitting makes the angle way too tight for it to duck under the low sitting pedestal without a very tight bend and rubbing on the edge of the pedestal.
Understood and you have done your due diligence in planning it looks like. I recently replaced the OEM fuel lines with the Riffraff lines and my passenger head rear line runs nearly identical to yours.
I too found routing it under the pedestal too tight of a bend and decided to go over the pedestal. Nearly 3,000 miles of towing later and it is still doing great.
Might I suggest a piece of reinforced hose between the line and the corner of the GPR bracket if you have any concerns about it.
Funny painful story...
Many years ago I was in the garage working on the truck. I was leaning over the passenger side of the grille while standing on a plastic step stool. The step stool slipped out and I fell "on" the truck.
Not only did I fall on the truck, but my right side lower rib caught the edge of the grille and did not want to let go easily. I ended up falling to the floor slowly as the breath was knocked out of my lungs and I cracked my lowest rib.
I stumbled out of the garage where I laid face up on the sidewalk to the house. My wife came running out as she saw me laying there and asked what happened. I told her "I fell on the truck". She insisted that I meant the truck fell on me.
After a couple back and forth comments, I told her let me catch my breath and deal with the pain a moment.
Once I explained to her what happened, it all made sense...
From there on, I never used a plastic stool again. I made a double thick 2x12 that hung from the tow hooks as a platform to move around on. It worked great.
Then we bought a Ranch Hand grille guard and now I use that to move around on. Like you, I put 2 folded up moving blankets over the radiator which helps.
The rib healed back up nicely after I "fell on the truck" and I learned a lesson that day. It happens, we live and learn.
I hope you have a speedy recovery and are still able to progress in comfort with your project.
+1 on the pillow. Personally I use one of them bamboo pillows that would usually be used for sleeping. Had one spare around the house.
It's super thick and fairly firm. So it doesn't let the sticky up bits come through that would with a thinner pillow or mat.
Definitely easy to get hurt working on these trucks being so high up and basically having to crawl into it to work on something. Wish you a speedy recovery.
I dislike the topside creeper. It’s in the way and puts me too far away from the work. I use a work platform (mini scaffold) and enough padding to make the Princess and the Pea happy. (Moving blankets are NOT adequate)
The big bumpers and cattle guard things are a hindrance too. Nice for checking the fluids and looking around, but totally in the way when working on the engine.
I keep 95% of the tools I need daily in a small roll-around tool cart. The cart is right next to truck/work platform and I don’t even have to step up and down off the platform to get tools. My world has evolved (?) to focus on every step and evaluate all the processes of my day to minimize my pain level. My friends tease me about making a bed up there to work on these trucks, but I remind them my mom always said ‘with friends like yours, you won’t need enemies....’
Topside creeper would be nice, but not in my inventory for two reasons.
Done working under hood forage while and driving it since it is good to go and proven.
No room for storage of creeper.
The Ranch Hand grille guard is perfect for my use. I have a step permanently attached to the front of the truck. No packing or storing of said step. I can stand on the lower horizontal bar and reach the turbo easily.
If I need to go further back, I climb up to the radiator support and perform the task.
Everyone has their own ways of doing things, which don't work for everyone else. I am grateful to have an attached cattle guard and step to the engine bay. As previously stated though, mission accomplished and no work planned for the engine bay at this time.
Well, here I thought I was making a reference the ‘well read’ forum members would understand and I was totally caught off guard by a reference to a name that represents a lack of masculinity that could be from a lack of hardware.
I take full responsibility for the sidetrack and offer my apologies to PriusLover for the digression to ‘locker room talk’. Somehow, guys always revert to the dick and fart jokes.
