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Nyneighbor said he had a few hours this afternoon to help me.

I am in severe pan from my injury (injuries always seem to hurt worse a couple days after the incident), BUT,,,,

I got the oil pump ready, converted the pickup over to the new pump, got the pan cleaned and ready for install.

Today if I can I'll get under and clean the engine block if there's any silicone left, and prep the block for the pan install.

Then it's on to buttoning the car up.

I have a few new rubber hoses to replace, and still have to fix the distributor pin as well.

It all should be ready tonight when Chuck comes to help me, so progress can be made.

Snow White is in her deep sleep, poisoned by the apple she ate. Now the Prince will come and give her that kiss that wakes her up, and the dwarfs and all the animals of the forest rejoice.

Hopefully the story ends like the movie, and Snow White and the Prince go off to live happily ever after.

Measures are in place to prevent the same thing from happening again, no guarantees something else may happen (as suggested, it's a race motor, expect race breakage) but hopefully this will be the end of any issues and the motor should run fine until I get to doing a proper rebuild next year.