Saturday I pulled the chassis off the lift, now that I have four tires again, and rolled it out in the sunshine. I then rolled it under the lift to use the lift to pull the engine and tranny out of it so I can detail the engine. Following the drivetrain removal, the chassis was rolled back on the lift so I can put it on jackstands, pull the suspension, send the pivoting parts to Paul Newman for spherical bearing conversion, and clean the chassis.
I've now got the engine on a stand. OSH had a no sales tax weekend so I picked up a couple cans of engine enamel and a can of caliper paint. The engine needs some serious oxidation removal. The whole engine will be coated in GM gloss black to hopefully combat this oxidation problem once and for all.
Hopefully this cleaner will help with that task. It worked reasonably well on the timing cover and valve covers.
The tranny is on a dolly. I took a ride on the bike up to OSH tonight to replace the 15mm deep socket that cracked when I tried breaking loose the last bolt on the torque convertor when I split the engine and tranny apart. I think this is the first real tool casualty of the project.
Saturday I pulled the chassis off the lift, now that I have four tires again, and rolled it out in the sunshine. I then rolled it under the lift to use the lift to pull the engine and tranny out of it so I can detail the engine. Following the drivetrain removal, the chassis was rolled back on the lift so I can put it on jackstands, pull the suspension, send the pivoting parts to Paul Newman for spherical bearing conversion, and clean the chassis. 
I've now got the engine on a stand. OSH had a no sales tax weekend so I picked up a couple cans of engine enamel and a can of caliper paint. The engine needs some serious oxidation removal. The whole engine will be coated in GM gloss black to hopefully combat this oxidation problem once and for all. 
Hopefully this cleaner will help with that task. It worked reasonably well on the timing cover and valve covers. 
The tranny is on a dolly. I took a ride on the bike up to OSH tonight to replace the 15mm deep socket that cracked when I tried breaking loose the last bolt on the torque convertor when I split the engine and tranny apart. I think this is the first real tool casualty of the project.
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