It really sucks when you have to actually work to play!
How many gasket sets have you gone through on this engine?
Rick
Actually, only two engine gasket sets with an extra exhaust/intake set. That and a large sheet of gasket material. The original rebuild more than 12 years ago (longer than most saga's) while a long block build, had the exhaust/intake gaskets, theromstat gasket and water pump gasket as left over's for us to install when we swapped the engines. Of course, after 12 years we could not find the gaskets for the swap of bolt on's. (After Ghostdriver had hand tapped most everything except the intake/exhaust gaskets and we had the engine in the frame, we found the missing gaskets.) That said, we knew we would need most of an engine set when we installed the new ISKY cam and springs and it is always good to have some spare gaskets on hand in addition to some gasket material.
We did find 3 teeth off the the new oil pump from the rebuild in the pan. When we took a look right after the pump gears failure with a bore scope and we could see some edge damage on the cam gear which is what prompted us to go with a new camshaft.
We think we can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it's not a train.