My Pete rebuild

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Liners all took a final hot bath, got their o-rings and are home.

Cummins says vegetable oil, Rawze used vasoline if I remember, and the IPD sheet said silicon grease.

I used what I always use on orings - Super Lube. Light coat in the bore, and a good coat on the rings. Sat them down, you could feel them reach and sit on the taper and then they dropped right in with a little hand pressure. Wiped the inside of the liners with a coat of oil and everything is wrapped back up while I get ready to start sorting through rods.

One of the drawbacks of buying a basket case is I have no clue what went through what. My ebay block's rods already went through a recent rebuild (bearings all look great), but some of the caps have some dings and marks on them, which makes me hesitant to just use them all. I have no clue who knocked them apart... I'm thinking I'll use my 5 good ones and pick the best looking one? out of the ebay group.