the pictures of the work done are very impressive.. congrats on a job well done RICK
But Bob is busy with his new girlfriend.A guy with some sheet metal and a welder with a plasma cutter could fix that pan.
Next was to get started on the clean up. I decided to remove the rear main cap so I could get better access
to the grooved gasket surface. The front groove in the timing chain cover had to be cleaned in place. I had
used silicone sealer on both the front the rear grooves, so this took several hours to get properly cleaned.
Pulling the rear main also allowed me to inspect the bearing.
I setup the magnets so the oil coming thru the trap door would have to flow over at least one
magnet before being sucked up by the oil pump.
Do these give you any ideas?When I pulled the pan off from the recent rebuild.... I had noticed that my magnets where collecting alot of shit. I then realized that Yes they are doing their job....But... When I go to change the oil in the future...There is no way I can clean the magnet that is in the pan.. So even though it is collecting...it is always going to be in the pan on the magnet even after you change the oil. For that reason, I decided that it might be better to NOT have a magnet in the oil pan,
but instead... use a magnetic drain plug. This way the plug can be cleaned with every oil change.
I didn't change the seal. I only pulled the cap off so I could clean for the pan gasket.Was it hard to change that rear main seal while the engine sits in the T-Bucket?