Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
Worse, rather than taking out bolts one at a time and replacing them he removed the pump, destroying the gaskets, and simply pushed it back in place with half the bolts, and put them in finger tight. First he installed the crank pulley but left off the balancer bolt, and now he destroyed the gaskets and just left it for later without even cleaning the surfaces! ARRRRGH! What a guy!

Regardless, I'll be checking every bolt before the engine goes back in the frame.

Baby steps, but each step forward is progress.
I hear you on that!
After discovering finger tight bolts I'd be wary of anything/everything he could possibly have touched. It might even be prudent to go back to the chassis again; there may be some small thing you missed while assembling it. What had he put on that you didn't take off?

Baby steps?
Nah...ducks in a row mate, ducks in a row...