My Pete rebuild

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(07-15-2018 )Nostalgic Wrote:  Well, I find myself at a point where I'm running out of patience.

6,5,4 solid .014 (going by sled dial)
3 - .014- ~.0145
2 <.0145- <.015
1 <.0145 -<.015

At this point, there's no way I'm taking it somewhere and dropping it off.

So, I'm left with 2 options:
1- Have a local shop come here and put up with me. I'll make the call in the morning. "Yeah, uh, I need my counterbores cut, but I only need less that .001" taken off 3 holes". We'll see.
2- Use an old liner, weld a handle on, and lap them. I'm tempted to try it out on the highest one if I get a 2nd wind this evening, but that's a lot of twisting, and I never did get a depth micrometer shipped, so it'll add a lot of time checking.

In all reality, I already have something that likely exceeds what I would have likely got for a Cummins short block, and has much tighter tolerances than allowed - heck first time around MET Cummins specs, but I know me, and I don't know if I could slap it together like this and not lose sleep.

On the bright side, I'm getting a 10 year, 1 million mile warranty on parts & labor (non-transferable), but what did Tommy Boy say about warranties?

it will run there, looks to be progressive and not more than 0.0005 form cylinder to cylinder. With it at 0.014 - 0.015, your likely never to have issue with it.

Just make sure you let th head settle over-nigh after you get the bolts torqued to 300 -ft lbs, then torque again the next day,-- Than after that, do your 90-degree on the bolts for the final torque.