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Old 05-23-2003, 08:31 AM
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Johnny,

I would go for an entire new rotating assembly..... your choice of stock stroke or whatever. Hopefully just the main bearings are all that will need replacement....... but if they spun around you may need some dressing up of the block/caps.

If a valve kissed the top of a piston, you can bet that either the valve stem is bent, the pushrod is bent, or the rocker arm/mount/shaft is damaged, or a combination of all.

I'm surprised that with two broken rods there wasn't more damage to the block. The dings in the cylinder will be a problem, and will probably need a sleeve to get it right.

Also check the cam shaft..... it could have been a victim from junk flying around inside the block too.

Tear it all down and perform a close inspection of every part you remove...... and replace any that look suspicious.

Good luck ..... this isn't rocket science, but there is some 'magic' to getting it all to work right

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