Strangely weird!

[<DILLARDP@edu-suu-lifac.li.suu.edu>]

Last night I got my first close look at Shasta, our '69 FI Fastback, as I
prepared to drop the engine.

Now, strange to say, I know nothing of the history of this vehicle, i.e., why
it doesn't run.  It had been sitting for a year (2 years?  3 years?) in a
non-running condition, and the seller couldn't remember what had gone wrong with 
it (the car had been grampa's).

Ennyway, when I pulled the dipstick, I noticed the oil came half way up the
stick.  Then I removed the drain plug and --strangely weird-- about a quart or 
two of clear fluid (looked like water, but gotta be gasoline, right?) came 
out before any oil came out.

Well, just then my wife yelled out to the garage that the lasagna was ready...so much
for working on engines for the evening!

This weekend I will drop the engine.  But, since this is the first time I have ever
experienced this situation of gasoline(?) in the case, I wonder if some of you can 
tell me what I am likely to find when I get the engine out and apart?  

Shasta is still a wonderful find.  I realized how well these cars were assembled when
I gently closed the doors and hear a faint ca-chunck...and the doors fit perfectly after
28 years of service!!!!  I doubt that there will be a rattle or loose nut (except perhaps
for me) in the entire vehicle.

Well, 'nuff said for now.  Anyone willing to tell me what I am likely to find this
weekend with the engine sitting in my lap?

Thanx....