Stop in for a cup of coffee
Good evening folks! Looks like I'm late to the party tonight.
I was in the garage for the last 3 hours with my speed shop guy trying to trace the mystery oil leak. We jacked it up, inspected, didn't find anything, cleaned all traces of oil we could find and then ran it, let it sit, put it down, drove it, jacked it back up again, inspected again, checked pan and timing chain cover bolt torque, and still nothing.
No source of the leak from the engine could be found and no more oil dripped out.
Best we can figure is that it was old left over oil inside the k-member from previous engine work that found it's way out after all the jacking and tilting from the disc brake and spring shackle install.
Time will tell I suppose. I just hate not having a definitive answer.
The only small success was that I got the hood latch and bumper stop alignment finally adjusted so that it's exactly even on both sides and tight on the bumpers. No more hood wobble at highway speeds!