Catch up!

4/15:
Guess what? I put the Oil Pan on today! And aside from a bolt hole or two, it fit perfect. Not bad for a custom pan made by a guy that doesnt even have the same motor! It was hard because he used a different set of holes than the ones the original pan used. Next question, why would that motor have two sets of OEM oil pan holes? Very strange indeed. Probably because they use that block with a few different cars?

5/22:
The Motor mounts dont line up to the block though so on one side only three bolts will go in. Pretty strange seeing as Mckinney made the mounts for that specific car! Anyways IT is in just enough for the move, then it will have to come back out, have a bunch of lines replaced, etc etc.

I suppose the most comforting part is that the transmission actual lines up so I wont have to cut it out to have a shifter!

7/10:
Finally got this pulled so I can get the motor mount replaced. It might look like the hole is close, but it's not close enough to screw in! So I have to have them fix it or send out a new one.

7/17:
So guess what my wife and I did today?


Yeah she and I got this bad boy back in. Mckinney overnighted me a new mount and told me the old one was the worst built one they have seen in 8 years of making these! I am very proud of how well she did! Aside from a spark plug change on a ae86 this is her first real mechanic work!