It's ALIVE, sort of.

O.K. next report.

I started taking the engine apart tonight. I found a small water leak from the intake so the top end had to come off. Here is what I have found so far.

Rear plugs are in, otherwise there would be oil all over the garage floor.

Rear plug inside the engine beside the cam is there. I can see it very well now.

Rear plug above rear main is there. I measured down to it from the top of the block and it was just over 7 1/2 inch's. That appears to be normal.

Plug is in filter adapter area.

Oil pump appears to be working as I tried it out side the engine. I'm not sure how much oil it should push out that way but it seamed to be a fair amount.

The rear main had lots of oil on it when I pulled the cap so I am confident the bearings are still good.

I will pull the timing cover off tomorrow night and have a look at the cam retainer plate area. Maybe that is where the problem is seeing as I have eliminated pretty much everything else. Like Spock said, "eliminate everything else and whatever remains, must be real".

Jack