Thanks for taking the time and effort to document your rebuild here!
It is also a reminder of something missing in the Pontiac hobby...a "how to rebuild your Pontiac" book! There are plenty of "how to rebuild" your small block and big block Chevy books out there that go into a lot of specific assembling detail, with step by step guides, with lots of clear color photos, torque values, and showing what tools to use, etc.
SA Design books always seem to be the best with their clarity of description and photos. But...Why is there no step-by-step "how to rebuild your Pontiac" book??? I've looked for one, but haven't found any like that. If there is one like that, please let me know.
Sure...you can use a factory Pontiac Service manual as a rebuilding guide. I use it alot to maintain my Pontiac engine. The Chevy has a Service manual too, but that hasn't prevented the publishing of Chevy rebuild books. A step-by-step guide with the color photos and better assembly descriptions with assembly tips included are a bit easier and clearer to use than the service manual. And the factory manual doesn't go into some common modifications and modern updates and procedures that a modern Pontiac rebuilder would desire and benefit from, which could all be covered in a rebuild book.
Jim Hand's how to build a Pontiac book has a lot of useful info, but it really isn't a step-by-step detailing of rebuilding an engine. So, I think there is still a need for such a book, as evidenced by the response of Pontiac hobbyists on this thread. I hope this encourages one of the Pontiac engine experts to publish one.
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