Heck - that's a candidate for having the rod pieces removed, some plastic shoe goo'd over the holes, the timing cover JB-Welded together, pull the injector piston for that hole, and off you go.
You did cheat on the dirt - using plywood and all ---- -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "The Americans will always do the right thing... after they've exhausted all the alternatives." Sir Winston Churchill '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager
