some wear

one on one off

getting smaller

no horrors in the bottom end yet

scoring on number 1 piston

and here in its bore

number 5 looking well gummed up with stuck rings and...

... a some interesting ring land wear as well a bit of fragmentation...

pile of bits growing throughout the day

front cover

slack belt

cam

crank

mains

core plugs

oil pump stripped

spare engine "under the bench"... looking grim under the rocker cover

took the inlet manifold off

to reveal the onset of black cornflakes...

took a head off, and the bores look good though - still got honing marks

head is well carbon'd up

bores "look" ok at this stage

decided to stick with original engine, to mic'd up the bores to check for wear - reasonable

and the pistons to calculate bore-skirt clearances - reasonable

mic'd up the crank journals - all within spec

checked pushrods were straight and even

gave the bores a light hone and then washed and cleaned the block

fit ARP studs for the maincaps rather than the original bolts which have issues

crank in and caps on to 90lb/ft rather than 50 for original bolts

check endfloat - correct at 5 thou.