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Not a lot to report on second day of work, other things to do of course. I ordered a new oil pan today, a Dorman replacement. The S/C engine from the junkyard was fairly dinged and dented but the worst was they simply poke a hole in it to drain the oil 🤨, plus I think the pan is slightly different in any case. I also picked some Plastigage to verify my amateur measuring skills. One variety pack in the entire store. Pretty obvious that old traditional FLAPS are fading away. It looks like I need two more 1.5" brass frost plugs for the block, I only have four on hand, plus I need two of the little 5/8" ones for the front of the main oil galleries. I did get the crank set in the block, just to check clearances at this point. I only did the mains today but they came in very nicely at .0015"-.0017" of clearance using half a set each of standard and .001" under bearings. The one big plus for Plastigage as a double check is the ability to show how square the journals are. Any taper across the journal shows up immediately.