A couple of bugs to work out

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This weekend had first chance to put a few miles on my new (to me) ERA 377 with 428SCJ. It runs great and is a thrill a second.

I have found a couple of bugs however and maybe you can save me some headaches.

The car is leaving an oil puddle on the garage floor. I put it up on ramps and did not find any obvious source of the leak. The pan bolts near the rear, bell housing and transmission all had a bit of oil on them. There was no indication of a leak from up high, like valve covers or anything. I snugged up the pan bolts which were a bit on the loose side, but that did not solve anything. I hate to think that its a rear main seal (only 2600 miles on the car/engine) but don't really know where to look further.

Another anomoly is that the car was running fine, cruising the freeway at about 3500 RPM and after about 15 miles it started to cut out badly. I switched on the electric fuel pump which had been unnecessary prior and the problem disappeared. The next day, same thing, after about 15 or 20 miles, it cut out and adding the electric pump solved it. The inline fuel pressure gauge indicates about 4 lbs with or without the electric pump on. Now I am wondering if the mechanical pump has a bad diaphram or something, or maybe I just need to plan to keep the electric pump running all the time.

My instincts are to replace the mechanical pump and keep a spare electic pump on board, just in case.

I also need a lead hammer, saftey wire and wire installation pliars. I heard that Snap-On had the best pliars but I can't find them or a lead hammer in their on line catalog.

Also looking for floor mats with the Cobra logo. ERA parts guy Fernando said they are out of stock on all mats at the moment and they are only expecting some with ERA logos. I don't want to go with the generic square pads. Does anyone supply mats that fit the ERA foot boxes?

Suggestings on any of the above are much appreciated.