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  1. 6 hours ago, fjh said:

    Joey ! When you up root that liner check the outside of it for size markings ! They offered P numbers on these ! Glenn correct me if I'm wrong But   OVERSIZED  liners weren't uncommon  can't remember the sizes 2 thou increments I believe ! I have installed up to 10 thou over before! pain in the ass honed for ever!

    >002 is as big as i ever honed block to and i think if they need more honing we pulled them out and sent block to mach shop and let them bore to maybe .020.

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  2. You are correct on the .002 over size.I have hone that much out of the block before and it takes some time.I remember our red headed night foreman as homing a block one night with a maybe 3/4 drill motor that was very slow speed.i saw him run the sun hone too deep in the block and hang the crank which in return stop the drill motor by slapping him in the cods with one of the handles of the drill.He set down on the fender of the B model and just set there.I say do you hurt and he say yes then he drops his pant to find one cod with no skin on it.Thats when i started to hurt. Those old END 170 engine was bad to deform the block bore.Later engines with the 20 head bolt heads was not that bad and they let the liner be installed some looser.

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  3. I have schooled on cat cummins and DD and this is alway talked about in school.All instructers say same thing that if you need to add a sealer the instrution will cover this.Some gaskets have rubber seal in them some were and any sealer installed on them will serve as a lube and can squrte out and leak.I have pulled head gaskets off of blocks with about ever thing on them you can think of and so we all ways blame that for a short life.I dont know but i know the factory dont ask for any more than what come out of the box.I dont think alummin paint on a steel gasket will hurt it if its allowed to dry.But i also dont see what its going help.One car mechanic told me years back that he thinks it will help a steel gasket lay flatter under pressure.

  4. Remove the studs and wire brush and look for pits.Reuse and install in block finger tight.Dont do like some and put a sealer on the head gasket.Back years ago we would bring truck back in after a few miles and retorque.That is done by back each nut off one at a time and oiling it and retorquing.

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