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I've got the front cover and sump plate off the trans, and it looks immaculate inside. The oil was clean, and there are no scary bits on the drain plug or sump. My plan is to get new seals and install them, and pop the trans back in with a new clutch.
In other areas, I've got the whole pedal box out to clean and lube, and to rebuild the brake MC. Plus I removed the brake fluid reservoir and will pretty it up.
Fighting to get the exhaust off, to sort its few issues, and I figure I'll never have better access than now to get the six manifold-to-downpipe bolts (American, not metric) off. One to go that I may cut or chisel off.
On the engine front, I forgot to do a compression test before I removed the trans, but 1300 and 1600s have the trans/engine adapter plate, so I just bolted the starter back into that, fired it up and let it warm up, then did a compression test. Engine ran fine with no trans installed, and balanced no problem on just the two motor mounts. Probably not recommended, but it didn't seem to present a problem. Engine, slightly warmed, showed 145 pounds in each cylinder. That's good enough for me. So I won't be pulling the engine out. I need to do further exploration on goo in the radiator. Perhaps it's residual, perhaps it's a head gasket issue. I can sort that with the engine in the car though. I'm trying to keep from having the entire car disassembled at once. Once I get clutch, trans, and brakes sorted, then I'll worry about the possible head gasket.
Making progress!
Andrew
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