I can almost hear it humming now.

They didnt face the top of the block. That should have been done before any assembly work.
Otherwise looking good.
Tony

Pat, don't forget to have the head ground (faced) to insure a flat surface. Looking good!
Richard

Did the grease test today. Installed line up studs for the pan and laid it on the gasket . Are the resulting grooves what I'm looking for? The front one is the shallowest.

When the pan is bolted tight to the engine the gasket will compress a bit and all will be dipping deeper. The front one may then get as deep as the rest when the end cork gets depressed.
The dipper can also be "tweeked" a bit so it dips lower.
Om my '34 I up-graded to the 1935-36 dipper which has a wider mouth.

They all look okay to me. The dip should be between 1/8" and 1/4". Too much is not good either.

Thanks gentlemen. Now on to the oil manifold and the pump. Is there a gasket between the pump body and the bottom plate?

Yes there is a paper thin gasket between the bottom cover and pump body. I use a sheet of copy paper to make the gasket.

Copy paper holds up as a gasket??
Richard

Maybe Chippy Dippy means that he uses a piece of copy paper to make a template for the gasket?

Yup,
I use a sheet of thick copy paper. It is the proper thickness and holds up just fine in the hot oil environment. Don't use a slick paper as it has too much clay.

No, Doggie just use a sheet of what we used to call typing paper but now it is copy paper or printer paper. The thicker version is the right thickness and does not have clay like slick photo paper. It uses hydrogen bonding and intertwined cellulose molecules to hold it together. Hot oil will not affect it. What do you think that fiber gasket material is made from?

Fiber?

Yup,
You nailed it (so to speak). To be technical cellulose.