My sump and cover for the bearing cap bridge aswell as the oil pickup had seen better days
And then they had a meeting with some oven cleaner
The sump was still quite dirty on the outside so I used some cheap paint from SCA that I had lying around
Primed
Painted
Not bad for $2 paint.
I got annoyed at the fact that the permatex sealant (or any other sealant for that matter) always comes with those shitty tubes that always dry up making you have to use it straight from the tube. My workaround for this was to put some sealant into a syringe and use it as needed which would give me nice thin beads every time
Much better
Sealant on the sealing bolt lips
Some medium strength threadlock on the bolts
And we're in
Next up were the cam seals
Cam seal seat/lips cleaned
I found a 32mm socket to be a perfect fit as you need to push the seal in straight rather than pushing on the corners
Seal face lubed (the middle has grease on it if you get OEM ones so no need to grease it up)
On the socket
And in they go
Last I removed the studs for the aircon pump as I won't be installing it back on and might make up a bracket and use bolts if I want to relocate the alternator.
Studs on
Double nut
I prefer using the closed end of a spanner so I insert it before putting the nuts on
Nuts & bolts off
And we clean
