Reconditioning the Block prior to Head Install

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

Go for WIN XP Pro. Much better. I run it here and at clients. Amazing what 
you can do behinde the scenes in that OS.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
>To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Reconditioning the Block prior to Head Install
>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 19:43:19 -0700
>
>
>Feature Rich Roc Content!:
>
>The hydro head has it's cam reinstalled but not yet tourqued to spec,
>the valve's faces were decarboned, the port and polish was by passed
>in favor of one less thing holding up the Roc running. Besides I can
>redo the solid lifter head now anyway.
>
>(MIA: New Exhaust studs. I have them  _someplace_ !!)
>
>Questions for those who got this far; I am going to clean the two
>mating surfaces, head and block with some Simple Green and/or Purple
>Power and then reclean with Brake Cleaner to get all oily residue off.
>
>I was thinking to skim lightly the iron block's top surface with some
>fine grit sandpaper wrapped around a sanding block, just to remove
>some of the oxidation. I fear making it too slippery smooth though.
>Any tips on block freshening?
>
>=========================================================================
>[OT]  Wish me luck, I'm upgrading the computer tonight.
>
>What with the pending rain my install of the reconditioned (well, not
>even warmed over, just flattened) head will be postponed until blue
>skies return.
>
>In any case I'm finally leaving Win98se behind as the default OS on
>the email machine and going (back to) Win2k, just to get better use of
>the hardware (memory).
>
>Might be off-line for awhile, prob. not.
>
>Thx for playing along,
>TBerk
>
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