I use to wax my bench vise, but my Dad told me I'd go blind.
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Don't have much more space, if any, between my fan and radiator. Suspect that may be why the SBC stays cool both crawling and at high speeds without a shroud. No intereference over the last two years and several thousand miles on and off road.
So that's why hair won't grow on the top of your head!I use to wax my bench vise, but my Dad told me I'd go blind.
Perfectly done. Great char.
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RUSH55
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Installed pistons, plasti-gauged rod bearings, applied assembly lube, retorqued, installed cam
Equally loved using the single piece 3.80” ring compressor and the asymmetrical dead blow from Summit to tap the pistons in.
The 1/2” drive degree gauge took a little getting used to but ended up doing what it was designed to do. Worked fine for me after getting it loosened up.
Stopped because the gasket kit doesn’t come with a cam thrust plate seal. Gonna have to get one of those along with a set of lifter guides and dowels for the heads.
Here’s some pics from the process.
Equally loved using the single piece 3.80” ring compressor and the asymmetrical dead blow from Summit to tap the pistons in.
The 1/2” drive degree gauge took a little getting used to but ended up doing what it was designed to do. Worked fine for me after getting it loosened up.
Stopped because the gasket kit doesn’t come with a cam thrust plate seal. Gonna have to get one of those along with a set of lifter guides and dowels for the heads.
Here’s some pics from the process.
That’s new to me, never seen one.
Glad to see it coming together, always something to hold up a project.
A lot of new tools to me. That hammer is nice, I just used a wooden ball peen handle. New tools are the fun part for me. Good job!
Time to get rid of those wood handle ball peen hammers and get a few dead blow ball peen hammers, this is the US company that makes several of the rebranded "tool truck" hammers. They used to run specials a couple times a year with deep discounts, something to keep in mind if you plan to buy several.
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You know I like to hit all the things with hammers and these are my favorites!
To the man with a hammer, everything is a nail.
One of my favorite truths. May use it on occasion.
Those are nice, but I'm a wood handle, paper map kinda guy. Fiberglass splitting maul / shovel handles..... 
It’s killer seeing you get this together. I would like to take an engine apart and reassemble. That’s definitely on my bucket list!
That’s easy, I did one in 7th grade...ever running again after took a few more years though
RUSH55
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Still waiting on parts, so in the meantime I finally built the adapter mount plate for the Hydroboost. First made a plate to mirror the factory bolt pattern and bore for the booster, then cut down the universal Hydroboost mount plate I got from Amazon, then welded the two together.
Solid work!
