Pre-op began at 10 am.

Where are this fellow's gloves???!!

Yeah, I presume this is a sterile area and the photographer was behind a 3" glass window to avoid contamination. Maybe it's just an intern preping the patient.

AND they should be yellow too....

This was me in the waiting room.

Did they get the old bearing pulled-out today??

Today was simply the drop-off. Tomorrow is when they'll be doing it. In the meantime, I got a room down the road a ways.

Well, if it makes you feel any better, there are only a few things that could go wrong.

1.They forget to lock the motor at TDC and a timing chain gets knocked-off during the procedure.
2.They break the IMS pulling the old bearing out
3.They break the IMS putting the new bearing in
4.They can’t get the new bearing in
5.They can’t get the new bearing installed all the way in the seat so they can’t install the snap ring
6.They install the new bearing crooked

The rest of the procedure is pretty much straight forward as long as they do it right.

Thanks for easing my anxiety. All I need now is a Haldol drip. :(

I trust that you trust your mechanic with that thing.

Item #6 on Mr. Positive's list is probably the one that would cause you to check into the looney bin for an extended stay. Plus, you know where your mechanic lives. Be sure he knows this.

I'm being silly. The shop that's doing the work is one of the most highly respected, full-on Porsche race facilities in the US. There's guy's can change an IMS bearing in their sleep. :)

JD, I didn't expect you would take it to some backyard butcher and, in any event, the number of bad installations seems to be quite small in spite of some questionable installers. No doubt at all they will do it right!

Cheers!

Brad

Well JD if it all goes south then you can take it for the big upgrade for 16 big ones at Rabys/Ln engineering/flat 6. As a goodwill gesture I will kick in the first $ if it does not work....

Mind you you are not the first one to have it done but it probably feels like it to you.
You have my utmost sympathy as I watch your JD mobile go under the knife like a lamb to the slaughterhouse. In the meantime I put my trust in the IMS Guardian which is mere training wheels for the real thing. I am green with envy.:D

You forgot:

Forget to lock camshafts.
Forget to remove the chain tensioners

But don't worry, its not that important...

Hi JD!

As of noon time, my doctor fitted me with a catheter. :eek:

Here is some light reading while in the waiting room...

http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/...psd611cf0a.jpg

Thanks. But, I'm already equipped with sufficient reading material.

I hope your valves don't get bent special boy:p

...as long as his motor does not get blown and stroked...

Are you guys trying to put me over the edge ?