Yes, afterwards I thought making the connection at the back of the tank would have been more out-of-the-way, but there's little room and it's on a curve. I also probably should have rounded the sharp corners of the straps where I cut them. Since the steel is exposed where the straps were cut and the coating cracked where I bent them, these straps may not last 20 years like the originals, but I probably won't have this car that long.
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1992 745 approaching 500k km