Only one of the water pump mounting holes in the block passes in to the water jacket. It's the lower one on the drivers side. I'm putting PTFE sealer on the bolt threads for that hole. The way I...

10-4, I'll limit it to 60 seconds

I don’t think I could compare your description here with my question because in your case the water (coolant) was present in the water jacket, even though you had no pump function. So even without a...

Seal install went well. Opti is on and all sensors are connected with bellows installed. Crank hub is on but not the balancer portion. Water pump is not on yet.

Test start and it fired right...

Great thanks. Yes I’m aware of the water pump drive seal inner lip and how it needs to remain facing inward during the install. I’ll probably try the 1/4” drive 1/2” socket method as an install...

I’ve been messing a lot of stuff up lately and I don’t want to mess this up. The OPTi Driveshaft is what’s in the picture. I can just pull this out right? Then replace the seal, then I put the OPTi...