indeed. she's being beastly as we speak. thanks for the welcome.
things are not good:
5 of 8 compression rings are seized fast in their grooves.
plug 4's thread is half stripped. plug 2 is so bloody tight (possibly crossthreaded) that the hex and insulator sheared off leaving the thread stuck in the cylinder head.
there's an abundance of buggered phillips screw heads and locked-up bolts, and i've had to say the odd blue word in the pursuit of progress.
still, all is not lost. if it continues to throw trivialities that don't cost an arm and a leg , we shall persevere. my perturbed status must reach nigh on untenable before i abandon the project outright.
on the up side, the cam and valvegear are quite pristine and the bores will clean up ok with a little use. and we have oil pressure and a nice smooth spinning crank assembly.
and so, pending the release of the last ring sans piston damage, and the thread extraction from the head we're still on.
bar that she'll be slapped back together as is for future generations to meddle with.
fingers crossed everyone, glen.
