Stripped the oil pressure switch threads. Big time fuckup. Time-Sert installed… Hope I got all the aluminum shards out of that oil galley.

In the meantime, here’s a preview of the dope paint I’m spraying on the tins:

What a roller coaster. Here is what it took to get here:

1. bought “turnkey” car
2. week later, so much oil leaking I pull engine. Looks like pushrod tube seals and oil cooler seals
3. after much cleaning of the case, heads, etc, realize the case deck is uneven
4. bring case to machinist, it’s already on its last line bore, was a 40hp case bored for 85.5 jugs. Line bore is fucked, case beyond repair
5. new case, crank, cam
6. find mushroomed valve seats, cracks in head. Time for new heads
7. shit, while I’m at it, might as well upgrade to doghouse cooling… Get oil cooler, fan housing, fan. Oh yeah, why stop here…
8. get case bored for full flow oil filtering (fuck yeah)
9. crank is stiff after assembly. Shit, case needs line bore
10. better get an oil pressure gauge now that I have a new oil pump, full flow. Will want to keep an eye on pressure and adjust viscosity

God. What a money pit of a motor that came in this “turnkey” car. All that remains from that which drove it here is the flywheel, pistons, and jugs. And I think half of one rocker assembly. Now I’m just waiting on all the missing OG tins to paint (hammered silver). Sooooo close to starting it up….

Ready. Heat slipping the gears on was fun. Tomorrow, the cases start getting studs and assembly.

“We simply found out that behind the mountain, there is a desert. And once you cross this deasert, there is another mountain. And so on, and so on. It’s simple, but it’s truely enough to make you happy. And I guess this is what it’s all about.”