I pretty quickly pulled the rocker covers and intake, and because I was curious, I bought a cheap scale to weigh the heads with.<\/p>\n Not as heavy as I was expecting, really.\u00a0 After that, I removed the water pump, the oil pan, and the oil pump.\u00a0 Apparently my skill at this “expectations” thing really sucks, because it turns out that even after you think you’ve drained all the fluids out of an engine, there’s a lot left.\u00a0 Like, a lot<\/strong> a lot.\u00a0 :-\/\u00a0 I’m also pretty sure the oil pan isn’t supposed to be that shape.\u00a0 Dangit.<\/p>\n Sorry, I didn’t take a picture of that mess, although you can still see the remnants of it on the floor there under the engine stand.\u00a0 I do have pictures of this<\/strong> mess though!\u00a0 (And the shelves, finally all up and in place.)<\/p>\n In addition, while I was doing all of that, Eli was busy cleaning 30 years of motorcycle repair shop off of the desk that was in there when we moved in, and hanging up the whiteboard.\u00a0 We have a full 4′ x 8′ sheet of whiteboard.\u00a0 Ph34r our l33+ planning space!<\/p>\n As part of organizing stuff, the transmission went up on the workbench.\u00a0 The transmission is broken.\u00a0 That transfer case is very<\/strong> broken.\u00a0 :-p<\/p>\n This is a big piece of steel.\u00a0 No, really.\u00a0 560 pounds of 4340 round rod (I’m not even sure if you’d still call it “rod” at that point, or just “billet”) 10.25″ in diameter and 24″ long.\u00a0 Its eventual fate in life is to become English Wheel… wheels.\u00a0 It is very hard to move.\u00a0 Well, not in a straight line, it actually rolls pretty well, and as it rolls across the concrete, crushing the sand that blows in under the door, it makes a sort of odd singing sound.\u00a0 But getting it to turn is liable to give you a hernia if you aren’t careful.<\/p>\n Next up: Pulling the crankshaft and pistons out of the block, and then getting everything vatted and checked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As it were. I found a fairly nice engine stand on Craigslist for $50, listed as needing a caster.\u00a0 And indeed, it was short a caster.\u00a0 And the casters they used were apparently completely non-stock units, because I couldn’t find anything that had the same bolt pattern on the mounting plates anywhere online.\u00a0 Fortunately, I … Continue reading ![\"engine_hanging\"](\"http:\/\/pavq.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/engine_hanging.jpg\")
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