engine back in, ended up with a linered block that a fellow member located for me, runs like adream. just got to get it taxed, and a few other bits n bobs but its certainly a better outlook for the old girl!!!
i would imagine you can connect all the pump, take out the link(or mabe leave it in) and connect the bags, if it pumps and works, install the bags. if not then the car is still functional til you sort out where the prob is. i reckon you may have to recalibrate the system tho.
if your into electricery then i would appreciate your thought on how to connect two wires together electronically and only for a second or two each time the ignition is turned on. i was thinking of using a relay to put power to a glow plug relay(as you can tell i'm not very electric minded) its to switch on(resume from hibernate) my laptop based car pc that i will be installing in the p38 via the wake on lan feature. i know there are ways to build it and power it with an itx board and case but i dont want it like that(just to be arkward)