The oil pan

I took one look at the oil-drenched oil pan and decided that it need to be cleaned up. I know, I know, not really related to the head repair (and yes, it IS already fun enough by itself!), but still, I had half the engine apart anyway...

I had to end up taking the steering rack off so the oil pan would have enough clearance to slide out. It's not really as bad as it sounds, two big bolts and it slides off the mounting frame, providing just enough clearance.

After many a scraped knuckle, out came the oil pan and pump. There was a little bit of sludge in there, but nothing a good ole' wash won't take off. I already have the oil pan gasket, I'm just waiting for some daylight to do the washing and scrape off the remnants of the old gasket from the pan side (the engine side is already done). Some pictures:

The oil pan with gasket remnants and the oil pump below:
oil pan and pump

Bottom of the engine, note the dipstick poking down on the right and the drive assembly for the oil pump on the left:
crank shaft