Engine Rebuilding Project
November 29. 2002
Here’s one shot of me making sure I get those pesky brackets back in the same spot. While removing the oil pan, there were some key brackets to remember. My oil cooler had a stud type screw of which I noted as well. The front and rear two bolts are 1/2" and the rest are 3/8". Looks like the engine is all SAE while the rest of the car is Metric (why did they do that?).
Oil pan is off and we’re now going to remove the pistons. At this time is when I removed the oil pump. It’s just one 5/8" bolt holding it in place, pretty easy to do.
All pistons are out. Nice and easy. Same as putting it all back together, taking my time.
November 30, 2002
Crank was tricky. I had no clearance for the one-piece rear oil seal to get out of the way so I had to lower the block a little bit on the stand. Just loosened all the mounting bolts ever so slightly and "jiggled" the block and bop! It went down enough to where I could get the rear seal out of the way. As you can see, I placed the main caps back on. I left the bearings in there too. The machine shop will need the main caps for when they work on the block.
Pieces parts. Pistons, crank, cam, transmission and the lifters are in the box in the back under the timing chain and cover. This is all underneath my little home-made workbench.
Here’s my little workshop. Was just fine until now. I need a LOT more space, but I’ll manage. Cozy, ain’t it?