Ok I took the engine apart this afternoon, I cleaned the block and crank of all the Comp assembly lube. I used Casite Motor Honey I had on the shelf for crank assembly. Crank turns really easy now like it should. The pistons were hard to knock back out though.I gapped the two compression rings to .019.Do the oil rings need to be gapped too? I am going to clean the pistons and rods later next week and recheck everthing. I haven't built an engine in quite some time and I want it to be right but I know it shouldn't be that tight. anyone have any comments?
