[wingerdinger]

Well, it's been a few weeks since I posted, so time to catch up a little. I haven't done a lot with the truck, but I need to get it out of my garage to get to my snowmobiles. I'm not in a terrible hurry, because the weather turned `bad' (warmer) and melted all our snow. It's nicer for working on things outside though.
I got the clutch, pressure plate and flywheel out, in a manner I didn't expect. For the flathead V8s with anything but the 9" clutch, you are unable to remove even the pressure plate without dropping the oil pan. It turns out that the oil pan and lower bell housing are one piece, and the upper bell housing half is part of the engine block casting.
So, after dropping the pan, which wasn't a bad job at all, I got all the clutch parts out.
The clutch was worn to the rivets, which were brass, and the rivets were corroded right to the flywheel and pressure plate. It took some effort to separate them so it's no wonder I could not get the clutch to disengage with the petal.
This weekend I installed the resurfaced flywheel, new clutch and plate.
The bolts for the oil pan were all different, so I got new ones today, and have not yet reinstalled them.
I also made a serious error in judging clearances. I went under the hood to make sure I had enough clearance from the fan to the radiator. There was probably 4 inches, so I though I had plenty of room to raise the rear of the engine to remove the tranny and such. I ended up pushing the fan and generator into the radiator so hard that I cracked the generator mount on the intake manifold-- DAMN! I should have checked as I lifted, but I really thought I had plenty of clearance.
Do we have to learn the hard way so often??
Fortunately, worst case, I have the one off the spare motor. Best case, My next-door neighbor is a seasoned welder, and hopefully can make the repair.
No pictures this time around, I was trying to reduce the amount of getting up and down off the floor to save my knees and back.