I got the rest of the oil pan off. Sometimes you just have to listen to dad ... I was trying to pry it off and generally avoid beating on it with a hammer. My dad said, "get a 2x4 and thump it until it comes free." Works like a charm and I didn't even damage the pan!

Anyways, good news (or maybe bad). Judging by color differences, somebody rebuilt the engine recently since the crank, rods, and pistons look brand new while the rest of the engine is severely tarnished. I would have thought they would at least clean that up, but whatever.

Here is the picture of the junk I found in the sump pan:


My current guess is that's break-in junk. I hope. Second opinions?

Here are some pictures of the bottom end of the engine. I now know why the pan has to come off the replace the oil pump. I'm not sure why the previous person working on it didn't do that step - I always replace oil pumps when replacing bearings. I don't think they replaced the seals around the pump either, which is probably where my oil leak came from.

Behold:



I hope this isn't a hackjob where the bearings will go again soon if they had spun in the block. Maybe they started knocking and the owner fixed it right away, but there's no evidence of any of the rods being new (all have what appear to be scars for being knocked off with a hammer).