Engine Internals

Time in garage: 3 hours

Last week I refocused on my critical path and decided I wanted to get the engine and transmission installed on the chassis to free up room in my garage. First order of business was removing the oil pan again and installing the new oil pump cartridge. After removing the oil pump I realized the pick up screen was broken at the oil inlet point. Checking the Moss catalogue I noticed a new screen was around $38...figuring I could save $38 I pulled the pan off my spare engine to check out the screen ...it was flawed in the same way. A quick e-mail to my supplier indicated the need to solder the screen. My rational self questions the need to fix the problem based on the fact the solder job would need to be correctly or there could be problems with contamination of the oil supply by loose solder...also it would probably be difficult to get the existing screen clean enough to solder properly....given both engines have the same problem and I am putting on an external oil filter conversion kit onto the engine which may filter the oil better than the stock system I may skip the step...more research is required....

It looks like the transmission input seal will need to be replaced....some oil leaked out when I had the transmission sitting on the bell housing when I was cleaning it...probably an indication the seal has dried up in storage...

I have to pick up some new bolts,nuts and lock washers for the new engine mounts...also new washers for the oil pan...oil pan bolts need to go into the Eastwood tumbler for renewing.

I spent about 30 minutes cleaning up the gasket mounting flange and the outside of the oil pan in prep for paint...

Lots of lugging around of engine blocks and some oil spillage to take care of.

A productive time...