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Also got the block, head, and crank paletized and ready to send off to the machine shop on Monday.
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The turbo impeller was chewed but besides that it looks great.Glad to hear the internals looked really good! Progress looks great!
The cylinders were in excellent condition and everything was within spec (a touch closer to tolerance than I'd like but it should be fine).I think you mentioned just doing a hone on the cylinders, so you are going back with factory sized pistons? How did the ring lands on the original pistons look? Are you replacing your pistons with new ones? Many many years ago on my first engine rebuild I also opted to do a hone and keep factory size bores, it worked out fine but the piston to cylinder wall clearance was on the "service limit" spec which I wasn't enthused about since all the other tolerances were spec. Since then I always go one size over on my rebuilds.
Copy that! If you decide you want to replace the pistons for some "0" mile ones I do have these I removed from one of my NOS 12ht's. That engine had some moisture intrusion from storage so I installed 1/2mm oversize pistons in it to clean up the cylinder. For Sale - 12HT pistons [AL] - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/12ht-pistons-al.1226771/The cylinders were in excellent condition and everything was within spec (a touch closer to tolerance than I'd like but it should be fine).
Im still planning on doing a hone and new factory size rings/bore. If the machine shop finds something I didn't find, Ill address it.
I built my own engine mounts but used the 80-84 trans crossmember.Which mounts did you end up using? Looks like you drilled the frame for the 80-84 crossmember?
Thanks for catching that! I figured they pointed forward. I shall correct that!Before you get to far down the road it looks like you have an issue with your springs, "The arrow is meant to point towards the fixed end on the frame opposite of the shackle." Additional info can be found here.