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I like JBweld as well as anyone but this job calls for Heli-coil. Do it once and do it right! Gee,that sounds familiar?

Thanks, Randy. I'm torn between trying the JB weld and making the commitment (i.e. drilling a bigger hole) for the heli-coil.

Well I removed 3 freeze plugs, the three closest to the fire wall (for some reason Kanter only sent me three when I bought a freeze plug kit). It took a combination of techniques, basically the wood chisel and small hacksaw worked best. I didn't hit the cylinder jackets at all.

I then flushed the engine block with 15 gallons of water until it ran clear. Looks a lot better. I'm going to suck the last of the water out of the rear freeze plug opening and look for that broken extractor and any other miscellaneous items.

Next on the docket is the oil pan and the converter cover. Looks like I have to remove some of the steering linkage to get the oil pan out. Right? Or when I remove the flywheel cover will I be able to back the oil pan out towards the tranny?

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Usually you just drop the steering idler from the frame. Passenger side - it will be obvious when you look there. Taking that down allow all the linkage to drop a fair amount and does not alter the alignment when you put it back up. It might be necessary to turn the engine over by hand part of a turn to get the pan down, sometimes the counterweights interfere. Easy enough to do by hand if the plugs are out.

You might check that steering idler for slop, they tend to get loose and become a major cause of sloppy steering.

PS - you might also want to raise the front of the engine a bit to get enough room to get at the forward oil pan bolts.

Thanks Owen, I knew something had to move.

To get the engine oil pan bolts out that are located above the crossmember you have to loosen the engine mounts and jack the front of the engine up to get clearance. I used a block of wood on the crank pulley with a floor jack to do mine.

Speaking of the trans pan Carl, the one I have on the '53 Ultra has a nice big rip in the bottom of it, apparently happening when it was removed from the car, so I don't have one for you.

I was able to get a magnet up and down inside where the water distribution tube goes, and collected both the threads from the broken stud and the extractor!

I like fishing.

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At least you didn't catch one of these!!!!!:

I did catch this last month - a 19" lake trout. I was less than 2 miles from the Canadian Boarder in the Boundary Waters. Tasted good!

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