I've done the bolt down the distributor hole. That was an entire afternoon I don't want to repeat. I did score some cool tools out of the adventure.
I had a leaky gasket on an intake manifold, so I spread an old t-shirt over the lifter valley to catch all the gasket material. All clean, new gaskets and silicon. Bolt everything together. Look for the shirt to wipe my hands. Back apart after midnight. I wanted to do it before the silicon cured.
I had an old VW with a brand new engine. One icy morning the throttle stuck wide open after I pumped the gas to get it started. I managed to get back to the engine to shut it down. Started it again, and it screamed to a halt. Two months of daily driving was all that engine ever saw. Sold the car without an engine to
Kris Kuksi. He makes freaky art you should all check out.