Oooo, I forgot about this thread and just was reminded of it via PMs.
Update: the Made in USA people were 5 times more costly than having the parts made in China.
So they're being made in China. I'm on the 2nd sample and the oring grooves are still too deep... iteration 3 should be the charm.
For those attempting a repair:
I've suggested this to a couple mechanics: you can re-purpose wires for a temporary fix. There are normally 4 wires, (+)(-) for fuel pump and (+)(-) for the fuel level sender. You can combine the (-) leads together and then re-locate the "spare" (-) lead on both sides to work on the (+) for the pump.
Or using eyelets, ground the (-) connections to the flange itself on either side, freeing up those 2 conductors for use on the pump(+) and the fuel sender(+).
The way to construct fuel tank passthroughs is to have the wires soldered to posts in the middle of the plug. Then fill the plug with gasoline resistant epoxy. This is what eliminates the hope of a repair; the epoxy is too aggro. I suspect that the wire break is on the outside of the plug where the wires are soldered to the pins or where the wires enter into the epoxy.
To try and improve the design, I have changed a few aspects of the design... I'm basically having 1098 fuel pump wires being made and then adapt those to work in the larger openings on the Monsters.
No word about an ETA for these. Each rev takes a couple weeks then once we get everything sorted, it'll be a couple weeks for the production run. So by year's end, I'd say. It'll be in the 2013 catalog, for sure.
Thanks,
Chris