Got a call from Chris in the morning. He told me he has been having problems getting the oil panned machined enough to fit the block, so he was running back to the machine shop again to get more metal removed. He said there is no one with the needed milling machine in Blountstown, so it was taking a lot of time traveling back and forth to Tallahassee to get the work done.
By the after noon, it still hadn't been resolved. Sheesh, that's just great... Damned minor BS crap like this really gums up the works getting this done. I'm fully expecting to get the word that the LS6 oil pan just will not work with that RHS block and then we're up the creek without a paddle. Not sure there would be any resolution at that point other than going back to square one, which honestly just is not going to happen. If we hit a brick wall again with this build, then it's just a wash out and I'm done with it. I'm worried enough as it is that removing all that material from the oil pan will weaken it to where it eventually cracks on me. That would be just wonderful one year and one month from now when I would be literally left holding the bag.
Well, so much for getting that engine started up on Tuesday or Wednesday. That's certainly NOT going to happen... And certainly the car won't be done in time to do the Cruisin' Corvettes show in Tallahassee neither.
I know people are saying that once this is over with and I'm driving my car again that it will all be worth it. But honestly, THAT particular light at the end of the tunnel is just not getting any closer, it seems.
Not sure what is in store for tomorrow, but I guess it depends on that oil pan. If it can be made to fit without introducing it's own problems, then I guess everything else will be moot anyway.