Recent content by Alsonawhim

No not really man.. I swore I calipered it and it read something different..but I will look into it in the next few days and get back to you. My truck got stolen and I gotta deal with that before I can play with this more. Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply and help.

So I just was messing around the other night..stuck the bore gauge in and mic'ed it..3.950...is this still ring-able? To reply to the above comments..I am taking everything out of the block, scribing locations and bearing positions and such, so thanks for the tip but I already knew that one and...

Yea I guess I left some stuff out on the original post..whoops. does anybody have any suggestions for buying a rebuild kit? Preferences or info that may be useful in selecting a kit?

Send me a link! Thank u guys so much!

I got 2 used blocks..one from 68 and one from 88 If memory serves me right. Both replacement blocks came w pistons and a few other parts but I have a whole engine of parts on the boat. Just wanna swap the blocks. I'm at the rebuild stage and I'm only trying to put it back together once if I can...

No no...I'm replacing the cracked block guys..I'm no mechanic here but even I know a cracked block is scrap!

Probably a rookie question here but I need some answers. Short and sweet this is my 1st rebuild. Cracked a block on the boat last year, so I need to know if the cylinders are at 3.930 (standard is 3.910) if i can hone and get a ring set for this. I got one guy saying it needs to be sleeved and...