*** Thinks to himself while in front of the computer....
(I really need to start a progress thread..... but in the SVT forum,...it'll never get seen much less commented on, and it doesn't belong in the fox forum............. aww screw it)
There is an oil leak at the rear of the pan,..it could be a rear main seal,...it could be a pan gasket. Either way. with the trans and flywheel out, there'll never be a better time to do it,.....but it means I gotta drop that K member......
Typical day for me,.... the passenger side down pipe had a nut round off when I was trying to get the trans out,..so I left it in place and worked around it. Saturday,..determined to get it out before reinstalling the trans, I set out to get the bi tch out of there. I had to grind half of the nut off and chisel the rest off of the stud. I remove the fragged stud remnant,....I notice the leaking oil pan,...........it starts to rain,.......
When it stops,.... I refocus on the leak at the front of the motor,....there are a thousand hoses coming off of the radiator,..going to S/C intercoolers, oil filter coolers,.....just stuff going all over the place. As compared to the simplicity of the previous engine,...this one is the anti-christ.
I'm trying to get the oil filter adapter off,....there is a bolt almost behind it....how the hell do you get that damn thing off??????.. A google search reveals I stick a 1/2" allen in the center of the filter stud and the obstruction will come off and allow me to get to the hidden bolt.......I look up at the inner belt.
Cracked.
Like the hoses on this engine,.....original equipment. How do you change that P.O.S. belt?? Why you remove all of the junk on the front of the motor of course.