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Originally Posted by Gach
What I’m saying is you will learn more by taking it a machine shop and having him check the bore with a dial bore gage. In front of you, dial bore gage is the most accurate way to check it. Unless you have one, you're wasting your time in whatever method you plan on using it to Measure the block cylinders. The ridge is not an issue, it will definitely need boring. Once you follow that procedure you will learn a ton.
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I probably have about $50,000 in tools (If I were to insure them) from buying them and finding them and fixing them all my life. I bought a Mac toolbox many years ago from a mechanic that when his father died, he needed the money, full of all the automotive tools, that his father used to make a living. So, I will get an idea of what the Machinist is doing, and I will be able to compare his results to mine.
Call it practice, this way I get hands on feeling. After all, what is the reason of me studying, if I don't use my measuring equipment for the first time. Most of these guys have other jobs going and I will not be allowed to watch him anyway. I will drop off the Parts and speak to him on the phone. Once he tells me what the condition my parts are in, then I will see how deep I need to reach into the pocket.
So, I won't pull freeze plugs or oil plugs from the Block, and I won't sand blast it or pressure clean either. I will bump the sharp edges and remove the excess cast flashing, in the areas that need it. Then during the week, I will take the job to a qualified Machinist, that I shop for this weekend, while Lou preps the Block.
By my measuring things first, what the results are, you will know before it even goes to the machine shop, now you will know what to expect to hear from the machinist, see the method behind my reasoning. All it cost me is my time and measuring won't hurt anything, remember the old adage, measure twice cut once. In addition, you are speculating that this Block needs Boring and that is a Challange for me, because it looks too good in reality, and I am the only one that can say that.
Back in post 159 shows me how to measure for the Piston collapse.