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When it comes to surplus parts do remember that one mans garbage is another mans gold.

Love the tools......especially as they have been made at a fraction of the cost of buying them from a tool shop.

Where I live tools are prohibitively expensive unless they come from China in which case they are just expensive and rubbish.

It is now looking like an engine........well done and I am wondering whether you have settled on the plug leads as yet?

Nice, the long one brings back memories.

It is looking like an engine....another couple weeks I should be at the point where there's only normal engine swap stuff on the list

I played with wires a little some time back and am thinking accel 5mm fit nicely down the center valley and look good.....not sure how they work but they look nice.

I gave the timing cover a good scrub and installed a couple fittings.

Next up was finish assembling the oil pumps. the pressure pump was done but not the return.

I needed longer studs so I made them up.

pop in new bearings and torque the drive shaft in.

add assembly lube.

permatex 518 on everything

beautiful!

......wait a minute, which way does this turn when I hook it up? oh shit! I built it backwards so it pumps oil into the sump not out

I'll need to get that sorted out before I can make any more progress.

Mark that motor looks fantastic

Mark makes his own studs too?? Now I have seen everything.

nothing fancy just threaded SS rod cut to length....5 minute job.

I need to re-do the pump mounting so it will pump in the right direction

I don't know what I was thinking when I did this....I guess I was looking at the timing chain which turns opposite of the engine. My biggest hold up with jumping in is I remember the was a clearance issue to the wheel with but I don't recall what it was and I don't see it any pictures. i think I'm going to need to drop the engine in before I go any farther. This is going to cost me 8-12 shop hours to fix

Ok the engine's in and I have some room to play. Now I have the clues I need to sit down in my thinking chair and think, think, think (for those without little kids it's from Blue's Clues)