Oil Pump and Flywheel

The oil filter head is installed.


Then the oil pump is installed. The metal box assembly is one half of the oil baffle. The other half is attached to the oil pan. The oil pan is at the welders getting three cracks repaired and should be back next week. Note that the locktabs are installed and bent into position. All the rods and mains are torqued up. The crankshaft turns very freely still by simply grabbing the crank flange and turning.

The flywheel install was interesting. The flywheel has to be heated to clear the mounting flange, and I calculated that I would need to heat the flywheel in the oven to a 400 degree differential to clear. Not trusting myself, Dee and I heated the flywheel in stages, pulled it out of the oven and measured how much it expanded. The calculation was on the mark, so we eventually heated it to 525 degrees. Since I keep the garage at about 55 degrees, we needed around 455 degrees after I ran it to the garage from the kitchen. So we heated it to 525, I pulled it out with welding mits, Dee threw a towel over it and held the door, while I ran to the garage and attempted a fit. It fit. The old crank had 6 bolts for the flywheel. The later requires 10 so I need 4 more to finish the install. I need these bolts, a clutch disk and a couple of bushings that are on backorder for the bellhousing to attach the tranny.

In other news, timing chains and other timing bits are ordered and should be here next week. I'm going to get held up because of a couple specialty bolts that I can't find for the front timing cover.. Then the head work is going to cost a few nickels and will require a wait.