Sunk

As I continue to break this motor apart, some things are becoming quit apparent.  1.) This motor has been half submerged in salt water.  2.) Someone tried to get it apart and failed, with damage.  The biggest fight was to get the Transmission separated from the bell housing.  Someone had tried to do this before and there is evidence that they sawed their way in through the vents in the tranny case and beat the dickens out of the damper disk trying to get it to let go of the input shaft.  The damage is cosmetic and I can clean it up because the cost of a new housing was over $200 so that will be the course of action.  As evidenced in the photos you can see the water/rust line.  All of the bolts on the oil pan and the lower bolts on the timing gear case were corroded beyond saving.

The V-Pulley on the front for the motor I believe was also compromised by water.  It kept breaking as I was using the puller to get it off. I finally had to thru bolt it as the grooves were crumbling.  It did finally come off but will need to be replaced.  $60.

 The next biggest fight was getting the timing gear case off.  It was never supposed to be that difficult.  The manual just says remove the v-pulley, remove the pin on the camshaft manual starter and extract all the mounting bolts.  It was definitely trickier than that.  It was very difficult to get off.  It appears that the governor pin must be finessed at the same time you are pulling.  I was using so much force that the crankshaft bearing was coming out of the case and jamming the governor pin even more. The more I pulled the more it jammed until I finally pounded it all back together to start all over. After much finesse and help from an expert I was able to get it off with out breaking it.  A little amendment to the manual would be very helpful.