So while I wait for the all plastic guide to get here, I figured I'd do the bottom oil pans and rear covers.
Upper oil pan gasket placed
Upper oil pan installed. All bolts torqued to 12 Nm. Oil pick up tube also installed and also torqued to 12 Nm.
Lower oil pan installed. These bolts are all 10 Nm (8.8 grade vs. 10.9)
Next up was replacing the axle seal on the front diff
Front diff installed as well as the extension on opposite side of the upper oil pan housing.
New RMS installed
Rear of block ready for gasket
Gasket installed and sealant also applied to rear cover
Cover installed and sealant applied to rear coolant cover
Gasket installed. It came with sealant already applied, so no need to additional sealant on the cover itself
Rear covers completed
Flywheel/flexplate mounted and 9 new bolts shown
Flywheel bolts torqued to 77 ft. lb. I have also installed the lock pin (red arrow)
New valley pan w/ "built-in" gasket
All torqued down (10 Nm).
