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My acr already has a large frame brace that removed in a minute.

Chuck and Roc came back this afternoon.

Chuck FINALLY got the oil pan and oil pump off.

I found a chunk of magnetic crap in the pump, causing the pump to freeze up.


There's two dents in each lobe of the pump rotor, but I suspect those may have gotten there when I cranked the engine over by hand.

It looks like a chunk of magnetic steel got stuck in the pump on startup after changing the oil.

I don't think the pump even made one revolution.

The oil pan has a lot of residueand leftover oil due the baffles. Tomorrow I'll pour that through screen and see if there's a bunch of chunks in the oil.

The jury is still out. I've found magnetic chunks in the oil pump that locked it up. Small enough to make it through the screen, but it takes the smallest piece of crap to stop that pump.

I'm too exhausted to do anything else tonight.

Ill spend tomorrow checking out the pump and the oil in the pan.