My Pete rebuild

[Nostalgic]

Not a whole lot of pics, but head is off. Valve cam had some denting, and injector cam had one lobe with a frosted band. Took both in for polishing with hopes that the injector cam can be saved by polishing, otherwise +/- $1600 for new, $900-1k for reground seems to be the consensus.



Head is getting scrapped. Some minor wet valve stems, and while it actually could probably be freshened up and reused, I'm putting this together once, and I don't want to pull the head again anytime soon.

I abandoned my original block and crank. The #4 rod is welded onto the crank, and main bearing spun, along with the thrust bearings.

I took a chance at a used ebay block with a "like new crank and bearings" - but the seller left it out in the rain for a couple months, and then shipped it wet. I got a nice rusty crank that is not salvageable. Block looks usable, and new bearings were rolled in with '14 date codes. So other than needing to cut the counterbores and give it a good cleaning, it should be good to go.

I did take one gamble approach, and that is, I'm using new aftermarket head, crank, and rebuild kit, which I picked up yesterday.




Never mind my filthy floor - it's been a VERY long week.