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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.

Those of you who visit this site frequently might notice there is a new donation box on the right side of the page. I really didn't want to have a prominent donation box in the forums but, like everything else since the pandemic started, the fees to keep ROJ online have increased substantially. There is a yearly hosting fee, a fee to keep the domain name (reattaowner.com) and a yearly fee to keep the forum software working properly and updated. Payment of all these fees is needed to keep ROJ online. The fees came due this month and I had to make a decision. I could shut ROJ down. Cover it up with advertisements that nobody likes, including me. Or add a donation box on the side in hopes that people who like this website and forum will make a small donation to help defray the cost of the fees. I thought the donation box was the best way to go because it is the least intrusive way of giving Reatta fans a chance to help support ROJ if they choose to do so. I have paid all the fees to keep ROJ online for another year. I really like ROJ myself and all he comradery we have here in the forum so I hope I can keep it open but as you know the number of posts here are really getting low and the fees are getting higher. I'm not trying to make any money off this website. I'm just trying to find a way to reduce the cost to me for keeping it online. If I could break even that would be great. If you feel like you want to make a donation to help keep ROJ online that is appreciated. The donation box provides an easy way to do that. I want to be clear, there is no requirement to make a donation to use ROJ or be a member of the forum. There never has been and there never will be.