We pulled the oil pan, it dropped out without any issues - didn't even have to rotate the crank. After I cleaned the windage tray, David was trimming it, while I cleaned the oil pan
Here's some of what we found. The original 23 year old oil pump showed plenty of wear.
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Some pieces and parts in the oil pan.
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Sludge I washed out of the pan, with brake and parts cleaner.
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1-1/2 hours later, 3 cans of brake cleaner, and a half dozen shop rags, the cleaned oil pan.
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Here's the new pump installed. The bottom end looked nice and clean.
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It took us about 4-1/2 hours to complete the job and take it out for a test drive. If you go by the rule of thumb - 10 PSI/1000 RPM it's good enough. When cold I get >60 PSI at idle but, when heat soaked, it's still ~8. When cruising at ~2000RPM it's ~35. I don't know how accurate my Dakota Digital gauge is but, I'm calling it good enough.