Good evening fellas.
Dang Rick, can you swing by my garage
I spent another day in the garage. Tomorrow I plan to stuff the engine into the place it is supposed to go. I spent lot of time trying to figure out what to do next. I figured I would mount the oil filter on the new engine. Wait there is no way to do that, the gizmo the filter screws into ain't there. Oh wait, it is still on the old engine. The old engine is sitting on a wood crate and the oil filter mount is blocked by a piece of wood. Two hours later I have the part mounted on the new engine.
I finally have a flexplate mounted and a harmonic balancer mounted. The engine is on TDC #1 and ready.
I have a new intake ready to bolt down. Tons of little things to do yet.