I got my engine back!

Hello All!

Sorry for the delay in updating the blog, for a few weeks there I was waiting for all of the parts to come in, then when they got here I was too busy putting them together to update the blog.  That and ther Awesome guys at Dobbin's Brothers Inc. in Graham, NC were working on my engine for 2 weeks cleaning the head & block, installing new valve guides, new freeze plugs, boring out the cylinders .060 over (due to a misaligned piston wearing), resurfaced flywheel, installed new alluminium timing gears (old ones were brittle fiber),also installed the camshaft bearings and polished & tapped the crankshaft for bolting the harmonic balancer on.

Some of the new parts I orded and got in so far were

Pistons & Rings (6) oversized

Intake & Exhaust Valves  (12)

Valve Springs (12)

Valve Guides (12)

Valve retainer clips (24)

valve stem seals (12)

Camshaft (with stock grind pattern)

Cam Bearings (4)

Mechanical Solid Lifters (12)

Solid Pushrods (12)

Aluminium Timing gears (2)

Complete Gasket Set

Parts I'm still waiting for (in transit)

Oil Pump

Water Pump

Fuel Pump

Glass Bowl Fuel Filter (stock type)

Thermostat

Electronic Ignition System (to replace points)

"Flamethrower" Ignition Coil (40,000Volts!!)

Rebuilt Original Starter Motor & new Solenoid

Complete Engine Bolt Kit (Stainless)

Complete Transmission Bolt Kit (Stainless)

After getting these parts in and installing them in/on the engine I'll be ready to fire her up, I also need new Spark plugs+wires and battery, but figured I can get them locally cheaper later.

Here are my shiny new 0.60 oversized pistons & rings...

Here's my installing of the new Valves into the cleaned/polished head and new valve guides...

Here's the installing of the new valve springs, reatiner clips and rebuilt rocker arms...

Here's the "thrust plate I cleaned up and painted (after taping off the gasket area for the timing gear cover & water pump) I think it looks pretty good...

 I also fiddled around with the transmission a little cleaning it up and tking it apart just to look at the pieces... (I'll upload that vid tomorrow...)