Mike(NEOhio)
Well-known Member
- Location
- Newbury, Ohio
The job started with replacing the manifold gasket. Two studs are still stuck and may need machining the gasket surface so I pulled the head this week. Everything is in real nice shape and I'm going to get the valves ground. Yesterday I miked the bores top, mid-range and bottom. Most measurements showed .0025 to .004 wear with one place .006 at the bottom of stroke, pistons in. I want to check the mains and rods, I know they're a little loose but that will wait for warmer weather. It only shows a couple of puffs of smoke after idling for a few minutes but no smoke running and pulling. I intend to pull the pistons to check sizes and rings. The bores are real clean. I'm trying to avoid mission creep so asking for opinions. Should I leave the rings or re-ring with new standards. Suppose that would depend on how they look and side clearance.