Got an early start today. First step was cleaning the rear gasket surface.
Apprentice mark?
I pulled the dumbbell to inspect. I'm hoping the conversion gasket set includes a new o-ring. I've heard stories of guys forgetting to put it back and having near zero oil pressure, so...
With that done, I moved up to the valley cover. Pulled the knock sensors. No way these are original. I'm going to run them. There's about $100 saved!
Yep. It's toast.
The baked oil was so thick it peeled off like a gasket.
All cleaned up.
You'll be in my hands soon buddy!
The knock sensor posts were really bad. I had to pry the grommet rings off. Cleaned up okay though.
Now to clean up the cover. Is this typical of a 244k mile engine?
Ready for assembly.
That's as far as I want to go without the gaskets in hand.
