Hi Chris;
Still here. Sorry to hear it didn't hold. I was hoping it would prove successful, however I do feel fairly confident that mine will hold up (I hope).
Unfortunately I've not tested it yet. After that mod and a little other work, I completely removed every last item from my firewall in order to install an unbroken sheet of fireproof blanket. I also want to redo all my firewall penetrations as it had become a little piecemeal as I'd added more stuff as finances allowed and new stuff became available.
But before I could get that back together, after hockey season finished I took off to Mexico for a month of diving and since I've returned the last of the snow has now melted so I'm going hard working outside. Can't see much time on the horizon right now either has in addition to my regular workload I've got a kid that in addition to baseball has decided to become a goaltender for next hockey season, so I've got to spend a week of my summer vacation taking him to a very expensive goalie school not to mention working to pay for all the new expensive goalie gear that he'll need. And no doubt grow out of shortly after.
When I started this project I had no responsibilities. None. It was so easy back then.
Hope you are able to repair it without trouble. Something else to consider if you haven't already. I also previously drilled my front iron (rear in the plane.. well at least in a tractor plane) for the oil outlet. Now the only reason I don't plug the hole completely is to allow oil to the relief valve. So long as that valve doesn't open there is no flow through the little bushing into the front cover. Not sure that would make any difference at all, but I did consider it when making my bushing very robust knowing it wouldn't have to allow full flow.
Todd
The trouble with trouble is it always starts out fun!!!