Old oil pump. The plastic collar was split as was expected. I’ll order a new shaft with a metal collar.
Boring job of sanding the oil pan and timing cover. I don’t want to bead blast the pan as I’ll never get all the grit out from under the baffle. I sand by hand so I don’t make too much dust in the shop – it’s bad enough as it is trying to keep the dust off the cars! I think I’ll bead blast the timing cover as no grit can hide on the inside.
Just waiting for a warm day to get these parts painted. I have received the new timing chain and gears.
The old chain was definitely stretched. It would have caused the timing to be jumpy.
1/32″ (.030) hole drilled in the top oil gallery end plug. That should spray lots of oil onto the upper timing gear and keep the chain and lower gear well oiled.
Primed and two coats of satin black and the engine is gonna look real nice:-)
While I’m waiting for parts to put the donor engine together I decided to attack the steering wheel. It is one notch too far to the right. I need to take it off and set it one notch to the left which is off the factory setting. Seems that when it was aligned the steering wheel was not in the proper location. Not sure if this will move the steering box to its centre position or take is off slightly. Hopefully this won’t have a negative effect on the steering.
Replacing the horn contact parts can be a pain. This time I put in a couple of studs to line everything up. It made the install a whole lot easier:-)
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