water in the oil

Update: Since my last post was written, I tore some of the tendons from my left bicep and can not lift more than 10-12 lbs with it. This is why it's taken so long to get the engine out of the car. Finally, the stars aligned. One of my brothers, my youngest son and I finally pulled it two weeks ago. My son has been helping me out on Fridays. The trip from where he works to my house is a little over a half hour, the trip home is over an hour. I am most grateful for his help. He and I finally got the block stripped down last weekend.

There are metal shaving everywhere. Not a lot, but everywhere. I took the bare block in to be hot tanked. I was referred to a engine re-builder by a friend of mine who is a long time drag racer that's been using them since the '70s. That said, I think I can trust him, especially after talking to the owner. My confidence grew as he told me (what I pretty much already surmised) that the damage was pretty minimal, mostly bearing replacement and such. Looks like I caught it before much damage was done.

With all that's gone on and all that still needs to be done, I may just have them re-assemble the whole shootin' match. Or at least the short block.