more motor disassembly

​Somewhere under this mess is a t-stat

​intake is now off:

​reference pic for myself.  Front of motor at bottom:

​This one doesnt come across well in the pic, but the pushrods are pretty rusty

​Exhaust manifolds are now off.  This went well; there was already one broken bolt in each head, but the rest came right out

​This is concerning though; on the right head, the forward bolt hole for each port is cracked

​#2 plug broke off the second i touched it

...so did the #3.  And the #6.  And the #7...
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Rolled over.  The oil pickup is pretty gross

​The cam is showing its age:

​...so i decided to pop the #2 main cap.

​The bearings are pretty worn, and you can see some scoring

​...which corresponds to scoring in the crank journal

​The flexplate is cracked all the way around too

​The bores dont look too bad, but i cant truly examine them with the pistons in.  The crank needs to be cleaned up and new bearings.  Probably just change cam at that point.  New lifters, pushrods & rockers.  New flexplate.  The cracks in the passenger head are concerning though, not sure about those.  That kind of seals the deal for me, now thinking i would be better off just using this as a core for a reman.  Not sure what im going to do now, but either way this isnt going to be a quick fix.

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