When a simple water pump job turns into a nightmare on a Pontiac Firebird motor, I found myself saying WTF way too many times. Then I had to remove the timing chain cover to fix more issues that popped up. Follow along on this journey is part 1.
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Wow can't belive you didn't cover up the opening to the oil pan immediately!
You my brother are a rock star if more people in this world will be like you and just do it they can great a lot more done keep it up you are doing a fantastic job
You didn't have to remove the timing cover and remove those tubes. The rubber "O" rings in them are replaceable. Just take a ice pick or similar tool are remove the rubber rings.
Broken bolt.. Crossover bolt from the timing cover to the intake!
Good work. Isn’t that a broken stud for the timing cover? One on each side.
That broken bolt should actually be a stud and a nut, suprised to see the pump divider plate missing.
I see doing all this in my near future, as well, on the installed 350. And I need to get two broken studs off my 400, too.
I need a case of silver bullets!!
Isn't that always the way it goes?
Dude! Cover that oil pan opening!