Putting it back together. Notice the crack in the crank sprocket shield. We did not until after the oil pan was back on.
That did not make me happy. We were putting on the crank sprocket and I missed once. You can see where I hit. If I remember correctly that piece was over C$50 from my local dealer.
So after we replace the broken shield and redo the oil pan we put it back in the engine. It is at this point we notice the oil pump is not in correctly. The grove at the top of the pump is perpendicular with the engine instead of parallel. After a few curses, we think about the problem. We decided, instead of taking off the oil pan we will take out the intermediate shaft. Three bolts and that is out. MUCH easier than doing the pan a third time!
Turns out that was a very good thing to do. The seal for the shaft looks like it was put on using a punch. It was dented, bent and not even seated all the way. To top that off the end piece, which has oil channels in it, had all the oil channels full of RTV!! Someone was looking out for us. If not for the oil pump mess up we would of missed the messed up seal and end piece and most likely had a big problem down the road, if not a massive oil leak soon as we started it.
Since the shaft was out we thought we would prime the new oil pump. We used an electric drill to turn the pump until oil came out of the oil filter hole. We put the filter on then did it until it came out the intermediate shaft. Put that in and did until it came out at the top of the head.
If you remember from page 2, we gave the shop the block and head with all the bolts in the holes where they came from to make it easier for us to put it back together. Well, now we where going through the box of bolts and parts figuring out where they went.
These are some of the 'extra' parts we had a hard time finding where they went. Please excuse the green tinge of the photo I was playing with the night shot on the video camera. After a few messages to some friends, with pictures, we managed to find where all the pieces and bolts went. Note to self, next time take everything off the block.
With everything in and ready to go the car started up almost right away. We adjusted the timing and went for test drive. Luckly, all was well, almost. When doing a little 'spirted' driving I hear a loud pop. Sudden all the power is gone, no boost, the car is a dog. We take a look under the hood at the side of the road and see a little hose to the turbo had come off. After I got a little flack from Darcy for having just rebuilt the engine and having no tools in the car, we limp back to his garage and put the little hose back on. All is well, again.
So ends the story of how I got into Daytonas.