[ischmitz]

Kevin,

we actually made a lot of good progress today got the aluminum plug out with the crank still in the motor. We drilled the opening of the galley a hair wider and where able to fish it out. Next, while one guy was turning the engine over slowly by had with the suction side supplied with oil we flushed and cleaned the area real good. Alternating brake cleaner and having oil coming gushing out of there. Then we tapped the hole for a small NPT type plug (the same that Marine crank uses), repeated the flushing and then closed it up.

So it seems we really might have dogged a big bullet and won't have to tear down the motor. Worst case some debris stayed and will then force the rebuilt but at this point I am pretty confident we got all flushed out pretty good. Will keep you posted on how things develop.

Ingo