I was able to pull the engine out in my cat 30 using the boom, places some 2x12's down and have it sitting out where it's now easier to work on. I turned the engine over to access the bolts underneath. Upon doing so I see all these little metal beads that are chipped and broken at the bottom of the oil pan, they look like they are from some bearing. What do they go to? What do you think would have caused whatever they are to break?
I don't know the correct terms here but you can see in the third image that there is a piece of the transmission broken that held some screw that held the thing underneath set in place. I see a screw in one of the other holes holding it in place. Is only 1 required?
Lastly, I am trying to get the 1 1/8" nut that is on the very front of the engine where it connects to the prop shaft. It's impossible. No matter how hard I push on this thing it won't move. I have decent grip on it and I'm worried the whole thing will just shear into a circle, not that I'm really even capable of applying any more torque on it.
