[RichPA]

Well, she"s ready for a test drive, waiting for the road salt and cinders to go away. Welded the motor mount brackets, assembled the broken pieces of the front crossmember and welded that too. Rebuilt the water pump with the stock style kit. The lock collar on the shaft was the way to go, the head is worn where the shaft rubs. The kit had the bushing with the lip seal. Replaced the flywheel ring gear, knocked it off with a hammer, put the flywheel in the snow bank, heated the ring in the oven to 500 degrees(waited for a day the wife was not home) and tapped it on. Cleaned up the clutch and housings, replaced the rear engine gasket, clutch disc, pilot bearing and adjusted the pressure plate. Installed the motor mounts with new rubber and hardware, lubes the front spring leaves and dropped the car back on the spring. Put the engine in, flushed the radiator, all new hose clamps. Mounted a battery switch ran new cables. Also replaced the crank nut, the ears were worn, now the crank hole lines up too so the crank can be used, you never know.