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Originally Posted by 93specv
time consuming....yes!
i talked to a buddy tonight for 1.5 hrs about things. he would like to see me strip it down and start over. im not trying to do that!!!
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Unfortunately, you know what to do...it just sucks that you need to.
It could be worse...I spent over $400 on machine work on a block that I purchased for the buildup, and after I had everything in and had done all this work, when torquing the head per FSM the threads came out of the block...sounded and felt like I broke a headbolt. Took everything out in a very ticked-off mood and went back to the machine shop. They offered to install the head for me (I'm sure they thought I just did something wrong) and so I let them - not free of course. When he was torquing the head the same thing happened to him on a different hole. Turns out the block had been overheated and it changed the properties of the aluminum, making it brittle. Recommendation: scrap the block....not what I wanted to hear either.
I lost another six months searching for another block and gathering more funds...then I got to spend more money at the machine shop to prep that block!
Sorry but +2 for starting over.
