2 am.
Just got it back together. No more knocking!!!
I was able to jack up the engine a bit and put a block under the crank pulley to hold it. Removed the oil pan screws and popped it off. Couldn't get it out though. That said I was able to push the oil pick up down just a hair, RTV'd the pan (couldn't change the seal. Not enough room to scrape the old out.), put it all back together, did a bunch of other while-I'm-in-there's, and fired her up at 1:50am. Ran smooth as silk!
I have to adjust the idle air mix then I'll get a video. She sounds like a new mustang GT with an exhaust. I think that's due to a combination of things in my favor.
We're going to take it for a drive tomorrow. About a 2 hr round trip. If there's any problems left they'll show up tomorrow.
