I love learning new things.
Today, while figuring out what it is going to take to drop the oil pan, I found the original hand crank attach point on the front of the crankshaft.
Hand crank starter
I even found the opening in the front of the grill that I never knew was there because the tow bar has been in front of the grill for as long as I remember.
Hand crank grill opening
I was also going through some of the stuff in the bed of the truck because I knew there was a pair of jack stands in there, I found a full set of new plugs just waiting to be swapped in…
New plugs!
Since I did find the stands I went ahead and put the truck totally up in the air. That also helped to give me a little more room to slide under it. I’m not quite as thin as I used to be, even just a few more inches of clearance was a blessing… LOL
Jacking the truck up
Doing some research leads me to the fact that dropping the oil pan wasn’t going to be quite as simple as I had hoped. But I’ll order new the gaskets that I’ll need this week and I should be able to get it dropped next Saturday without too much trouble. I think we’ll also need to pull the intake manifold and make sure the valley in the top of the block is clear and maybe flush from the top to make sure we clear anything that may have accumulated.
All in all it was a good day. I didn’t get as far as I had hoped, but I’m always optimistic how far I am going to get. Figured out the next steps and we’ll go from there.