awell, so far i've romoved the oil pan and it doesn't look that bad. It has about 1/4" of sludge in the bottom most section, i was expecting alot worse. Trying to get the oil pump off (figured sinse i'm down there may as well replace it for peace of mind). The pick up tube does not appear that it is clogged, but won't know for sure till i get it off, everything looks in fairly good condition, would have expected more sludge on everything for it's age. Having a time getting the retaining sleeve set screw for the oil pump out. I'm thinking more and more that maybe i didn't have the distributor down far enough after all, but may as well go through the whole system while i'm at it. Still cant figure out what is blocking the oiul pressure line outlet port.

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