Got a little work done on the motor this weekend.
Got the block hot tanked by Gosh Tuesday, picked it up on Thursday. While I was there I got a quote from John for my head and he said it would be cheaper if I took the valves out myself since they have to be taken out to resurface it. I had checked the flatness with my feeler gauges this week also, and it has a warped spot that is about .008" off, and another spot that is about .006" off. The service limit is .008" so I decided to just have it re-surfaced to be on the safe side.
When I was in the area I picked up a bad ass valve spring compressor tool from Ling Ling. Thanks again for that man, it made quick work of taking the head apart! I also picked up some other supplies I will be needing.
Getting the valves out:
Bought a cheap tackle box tray to keep everything organized:
Also measured the head thickness and found it is still a virgin head. Good thing since it will need at least .006-.007" taken off I am thinking.
Also got my my block all painted up. I went with regular parts store dupli-color low gloss black. One can ended up being enough, worked pretty well.
Bagged it all up until it can be put together:
