Today was slow, rained again all night.
Found rest of bolts to mate drivetrain, flare tool arrived to late for brake/fuel lines.
Performed bellhousing runout check, well within spec at about 0.0001
Installed Ford motorsport M6375-K302 flywheel balanced for 28oz with 164 teeth. Motor is balanced at 28oz. This is not standard for a 302/5.0 folks.
Installed centerforce diaphragm clutch, very nice looking piece if I say so myself.
Installed motor onto tranny and mounted into frame. As noted by others, I am more than glad I had body off and hoist with adjustable motor plate. This just did not want to got the last 1/4 inch with the NV4500 into the bearing, then walla, it fit. What helped was wife pushing the hoist for and aft while I gently rotated crank with tranny in 1st gear. That is in no way an innuendo...
On every build I keep one or two pieces untouched in honor of the original, other than cleaning off the grease, on this one it was the clutch fork, as new condition, not bad for years of use.
Bluish ting is flash, frame is light grey. Oh, yes, and that's the wife's jeep in the background, yes, her jeep...
Back to real world and work for a few days.
Next up, torq the motor down, install starter, headers, clutch bar and bracket. Test fit Explorer serp dress for clearance (no, that's one thing I forgot to do before paint).
When done, frame back to Randy at Driven to install body and rollcage.
Edit: added pic of explorer pulley common interference issue, not here though, I have over an inch of clearance using extreme motor mounts. Did have an issue of engine leaning on mounts, had to use some pulley straps to align it back to levelish.