So I have come to a roadblock and conquered it. The power steering pump, brackets, and starter were dirty and since I have cleaned and dolled up everything else on the engine, I cannot just give up in the middle and bolt a freaky-nasty power steering pump and starter onto the engine. So I had to pound a huge Stone IPA and get in the mood to do some heavy duty parts washing. I then spent a little bit of time then installing the components, therefore finishing up the engine short of the fuel system.
Here are some pictures of the process and the results:
Oh by the way, when you are tightening down one of these slip-type fittings over a flared pipe, how are you supposed to satisfy a given torque value? You cannot use a ratcheting-style torque wrench, since you have to use a spanner to accomplish this task. I mean you are supposed to be able to "feel" when it is good enough, but on things like a space shuttle how do they torque flared tubing? Or rather, do they use banjo type fittings instead of flared ones. I suppose one could "torque it down" if you had a burly pull-type spring scale. You could use the open end of the spanner, hook it in the closed side of the spanner and then pull normal to the moment arm. You would then have to know the length to the applied force, suppose you have an 8" wrench with 20lbs on your spring scale. Then you'd have (8/12)*20=15ft-lbs of torque. Something to keep in mind. So you would have to pull 40 lbs on a spring scale to accomplish the 30 ft lbs of torque on an 8" spanner. Maybe I'll buy one of those luggage scales to accomplish this meticulous task.
Haha, that's what this stupid hippy gets for wearing sandals in the garage! It was due time I throw those and the image that comes with them away.
Look at how much fluid it takes to get the machine in the garage working:
