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Well, I knew it was coming. One damaged piston, with matching scuffs in the cylinder. Photos later.

I took a few photos of the cam/lifters The lifters show their age Heckuva reflection on the next one but it shows the tiny black dots. Dig that perfect circle in the middle. It's on all of them but not this obvious. The cam's supposed to be a purple shaft .509. I haven't stuck a mic...

Both heads are apart. I still need to clean and scrutinize both but they seem to be in similar usable condition. I took some photos of the chamber in the 915 vs the 346. I don't think there was any real "porting" going on (yet) but they definitely did the 3-angle plunge cut yada yada that all...

You need at least 3 things going on at once to keep you distracted. Hey it works for me.

One head is apart. All guides passed the "pop!" test. The compressor rules once I figured out to try to center the valve stem in it even though it's damned hard to see it so it's a do by feel sort of thing .... Yes, these heads have been worked a little bit The others were the same, intake...

Valve compressor will be here today, so hopefully more will be known tonight. Noticed this on the crank, looks like it was stamped? Last rebuilt in ... I gotta look at that bearing again. Hard to believe it's standard size. The other side - nothing you can catch your fingernail in That...

All that matters is the welds are strong enough. Plus you're welding with flux and haven't cleaned up those welds at all in the photos. They're fine.

I stuck my head up on break and find that the riveted compressors aren't going to work and that is all the parts stores have. Thinking about buying this Pardon Our Interruption Can't say for sure if that's enough to do the trick. I really don't want to take them to the machine shop where...

I know now that you can't use a hand-held on engine valve compressor on double valve springs. That kind really sort of lifts the outer spring when compressing it. The compressor doesn't affect the inner spring so it holds the retainer in place no matter how much you compress the outers. No...

Do hardened valve seats matter that much in reality? Neither the 346 heads or the 915s have them (AFAIK)

The top end is off the engine, and things have been evaluated ... I haven't finished taking photos yet. The lifter lobe face shows it's been spinning. In fact the lifter body shows that too. There's the typical band at the bottom, then I've got one above that showing evidence it's been...

CarMax might have a job for you. :)

This stuff works as good as acetone for cleaning messes like that but it won't touch the paint. https://www.amazon.com/Grow-Automotive-Silicone-Remover-GRO-1705-1/dp/B00IK1SSDM

It's the same here, I have washed my car by hand exactly once since the new wore off. Ditto the interior. It's just transport at this point. Gina, on the other hand, bought into one of those all the washes you can eat for a monthly fee places, so her car is always nice and clean outside...

Too bad you're not here, we've got at least one solid core door I'd give you to build that table.

One good thing about my car, the clear is peeling above and behind me, I don't have to see it while I'm in the car so it's never going to get fixed. Yours looks fine to me (y)

I found a steel wrench, combo or crescent, will tend to mar at least the anodize on AN fittings. The AN wrenches are aluminum. No I didn't buy a set either.

Had a bit of an adventure with a torsion bar last night. You see my TB tool there just past the end of the speedo cable, and the torsion bar to the rear. Also note what side of the torsion bar crossmember the tool is on. This car came with a bunch of crap welded to the floor as part of the...

I had a time getting the brush holder out and I'll break it before I get it back in. There's no juggling the fins back and forth to work it in - it won't turn without prying which kind of kills any chance of finagling the holder where it goes while moving the rotor around. The thing won't even...

I'm sorry that's funny, pulling the rotor off because the wheel is stuck on it. I remember having a battle with the well-known stuck rotor on an early 2000s ram. Yeah the wheel would come off but the rotor wouldn't. You tried it with no luck but there was a bottle jack and a lot of patience...