More progress as the tranny and bell housing are painted. I still have a bunch small stuff to get back on the motor that I will hopefully wrap up next week after I return from work trip.
But I did make a bonehead move as I wanted to do a test pass with timing and installing the distributor. No matter what I tried, the distributor would not seat all the way into the oil pump. Took a pause and did a couple searches. First I thought the engine shop installed the wrong oil pump shaft. But a quick depth measurement confirmed that was not the case. Then after removing the distributor gear, I realized it was installed upside down after I tore it apart for a clean up. And course with it properly I installed, the distributor dropped right into place. Another lesson learned
