I've got a few more pictures for you guys. The first two of are the oil pump getting re-assembled. I didn't do the Vaseline trick this time, I just liberally coated the gears in assembly lube. I had planned to use blue thread locker on the fasteners that hold the cover for the gearset in place, but it still hasn't come in yet. I may end up putting it in there later, I'm not too sure. There's a new gasket shown in the second picture; it's just a paper gasket that gets placed between the pump housing and pickup tube.
If anyone knows the torque specs for either the pickup tube bolts or the gearset cover bolts, I'd appreciate if you could share that with me. I've just got them snugged up with a 1/4" drive ratchet for right now.After that I got the crank ready for reassembly, or the machine shop. Whatever I end up doing with it, it's ready.
There's a close-up of the groove in the crank nose for the keyway. I guess this is where issues will develop with a short-nose crank. As you can see here, mine looks perfectly fine.
Guys, HUGE shout-out to my wife for not only being okay with this happening in her kitchen sink, but for not even questioning it. <3
If you do this to your engine, you've got to move FAST with the crank. This is the flash rust that developed in the 3 minutes it took me to walk the thing from my kitchen to my garage. Seriously, if you get the crank wet, you've gotta dry it thoroughly and immediately.
ATF, coffee filters, compressed air, and elbow grease. That's what you'll need in spades to clean up a crankshaft. This one looks pretty damn good all cleaned, if I do say so myself. I could absolutely benefit from getting the journals polished (or doing it myself), but it'll very likely be perfectly fine without doing so, too. We'll see what happens.
Here's how I have it wrapped up and stored, waiting for it's trip to Pennsylvania, or to be put back in it's home. If you weren't aware, you want to store crankshafts like this. You don't want to leave them laying on their sides for prolonged periods of time. The mass of the counterweights can actually pull the whole thing off it's centerline, bending it slightly. That'd be bad news.
That's the progress I made yesterday. The last thing is getting the block prepped and painted. and painting the oil pan. Which, good news, the paint showed up yesterday. Hopefully I can get the first coat on the pan today, so I can see how it looks. I have no idea how to clean the block properly without the hose hooked up, so if I have to wait until the weather gets warmer, so be it. If I can't get the block finished soon, I'll get started on the head.