I dont have the crimp tool either for the hose, I was refering to the wiring, to plug it into the ford plug, rather than cutting and joining the wires as you've done.. Gives a much more professional look.. (I did one today, I should have taken a photo) what you will find, as you depress the top down on the spring, watch the angle of the fuel lines, you will see by the excessive angled strain put on the fuel line, which after time will bend/fracture the fuel line and come off just under the clamp. Considering the 340 has a circular bottom, it allows the outlet of the pump to be positioned anywhere, and what I do is use only approx 2" of fuel line from that point, direct to the top feed, obviously the length has to be correct as it now becomes fixed, and your unable to push down on the spring to screw it back into the tank, so you need to keep adjusting it to get the right height so it fits in the tank nicely. obviously you cant have too much host or the strain is too much, and you cant have it too short, cos the swirlpot wotn sit on the bottom of the fuel tank. as for the integral clip, nothing to worry about.. having a fixed fuel line length makes sure the fuel pump also sits on the bottom of the swirlpot keeping it in place.