Sludge Trap Extraction

Last Friday My good friend Brett O'Rear came by to hang out for the evening. It was a very eventful evening, but the best thing that happened was we removed the sludge trap.

This is a huge mile stone if you are not aware. The sludge trap is located in your crankshaft and does just what it says it collects sludge, a delicious mud like substance made up of metallic particles, oil, and other good stuff. If your trap is clogged with sludge, oil is not able to do its job. The sludge trap is also the last thing I have to remove from the motor before I start the rebuild.

Anyone have a good source for bearings?

Huston we have a crankshaft.

On Monday June 7, I completed the final disassembly of the motor. Splitting the cases was easy. All the bolts came out and the crankshaft came away from the cases just like it was suppose to do. I still need to remove the case bearing and connecting rods, but I think for the most part I am pretty much done with the tear down. I also removed the Tachometer which was a gunked up mess. Next step is to discover what is lurking in the sludge trap.

I also want to replace the bolts that hold the cases together but I am having a hard time finding them online. Any suggestions?