[gavinnz]

Truck engine stripped. The water that poured from the sump when I picked it up seems to have done very little damage. All the crank journals are clean and shiny.
Still just the one crack evident. All the valve seats look good.


Last night I made a special tool on the lathe to be a push fit in the stud holes in the head with a 3/8 hole down the centre so today I am going to start the process of drilling out the studs I broke!! I heated them red hot, used wax... did all the things I had read about that would help and still broke a few. Nothing I can fix!


So this engine block seems a better proposition.... at this stage it seems like one crack to fix, two sleeves (to replace older sleeves that are to small and look badly fitted to me) and a big overbore to clear the rust pitting in the bores. Fingers crossed for drilling out the studs!