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You need something flexible to get into the bends of the tube.  If you have a 2 foot length of speedometer cable, or clutch cable you can chuch it up in a drill and run it through the tube.  You can get a short length of 1/8" cable at the local hardware store.  If all else fails, snap off the curved tube where it's welded to the floor and replace it with a length of 1/4" steel brake line.

I think that Sean is on the right track focusing on the oil pump.  It seems likely that as the engine heats up, there is enough expansion of the pump components that oil begins leaking past the gears and looses pressure.  It might not be easy to do but I'd try a different oil pump, at least as a test.  Or a heavier weight oil, say straight 40 weight.

I can't understand 40 pounds pressure at cold idle.  Most VWs I've had any experience with would be hard pressed to get that high at full speed.

The only other thing I can think of that might cause a drop in pressure is somehow getting air in the oil system.  It may be a stupid question but do you have the correct level of oil in the engine?

I assume you know about run razors to shave runs down before a final sanding.

http://www.tptools.com/p/2487,116_Run-Razor.html

Mine has a shorter run than yours...

If the fuel tank is properly mounted it's insulated from the car's body by a rubber gasket.  Trying to ground something to the sending unit mounting bolts won't work.

Regardless of the police motto, "To Serve and Protect", their function is not, and never has been, to protect you.  For every single instance you can point to of the police actually preventing a crime (protecting you) I can point to ten thousand instances of their arriving only after the crime has already been committed.

Most police forces (smaller cities and towns) appreciate the fact that they can't prevent crime and are supportive of the help the get through Second Ammendment to the Constitution.   Police in large cities are more militaristic in their thinking and feel they can handle anything that comes along.  They don't want armed citizens doing the job they think their SWAT teams and armored vehicles can do.

Most gun deaths are deliberate in nature - the victim was targeted by the killer.  If guns were not available, the victim would still have been targeted but the weapon of choice would have been either a sharp (knife, etc.) or a blunt (club, etc.) instrument.