Shazza, I had trouble with the same thing. As you know I ended up not doing a whole lot with it, but I should have. I wasnt even going to try and fill the large holes, an entirely new mid plate could be realitively easy I think. I wanted some sort of 1/2 od pass thru barbs but couldnt find anything I liked. After getting to the point that I think you are at now I just took the easy way out.

You know, now that my project is done, I cant stop thinking about how I would like to change things. This will probably happen sometime next year. Now I will be switching gears a little bit. I flip flop between projects and my Mustang Cobra has been feeling neglected just hanging out in the garage. I will still be checking up on this project though so no slacking.