More work done today...goal was to get the turbos and manifolds off and asses some other parts of the project.

Turns out that both turbos had some shaft play...about equal. Fortunately not enough movement to contact the housings, so all good there with new Melett CHRAs that I have for a rebuild. Another plus I guess is the oil is definitely coming from inside of the turbo, confirming my suspicions. Point being, I did a compression check before pulling the motor and had 200 +/- 5% on all cylinders, and the manifold pull confirmed that I don't have any issues with the bottom end or heads for an oil burn issue coming from the combustion chambers. Whew...heads stay on!

Next order of business is to separate the trans so I can get to the rear main seal. Need to do this first so I can rotate the motor to get to the converter bolts...after separating, I can lock the motor up and start pulling the timing belt off so I can get the cams out to do the chains and tensioner shoes.

All in all, no surprises, just time, effort, and organization! Got a little cleaning done too of the front subframe and firewall area since I don't have my dolly here that I need to grab from storage for the transmission.