Well I should have known

[skokie]

That pulling my 350 out of the 68 would lead to many other issues
The whole thing started out with puling the motor, putting on a new flex plate, and a new oil pan gasket. Well once we got the pan off and saw that the gasket was shredded pretty good (explains that oil leak from the back which I thought was a rear main seal) we decided that we should pull the rear main cap and have a look at its seal.


Yup bad. Now I didnt have a engine stand just a rented cherry picker. So knock knock on the neighbors door. In luck. He has one he is not using and is in no rush to get it back. Onto the stand it goes and turn it over. After pulling all of the caps and inspecting them we see a very small amount of scoring. Btw the we is my brother n law who raced pro gas for 20 years and knows his way around a small block.

He said that he didnt see any loose metal (we looked again anyway) and thinks it was dirt due to some of the dirt we saw around it. So after changing out the seal we buttoned it up and in steps torqued it down to the right amount. Then I put the pan on and broke the head off of one of the bolts. But I got lucky there. I pulled the pan again and there was a big enough piece to grab it with a pair of pliers. Out it came. New bolt.


In short the engine is still on a stand awaiting its new flex plate and a good cleaning. I didnt come this far to not clean the dirty bastage And now for the question. How am I going to torque the flexplate down on a engine stand?

Thanks