Oil Pump - rebuild or not

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Dropped the pan tonight. Some sludge at the bottom but not much. Screen looks clear on the pump.

Based on the advice here I checked the shaft for any play and it’s solid as a rock. Spins perfectly free and no play whatsoever.

After doing a quick inspection on the bottom of the engine - there’s no play in the rods like I would expect. There’s no fore/aft movement in the crank. It’s almost like it was rebuilt not that “long” ago in its service life.

The oil pan is painted this sort of red/orange as well.

I’m starting to think it was rebuilt or at least had some work done on it. The 11k on the odometer is making more sense now. Really starting to realize it’s going to fire up easier than I thought.


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