More progress this weekend. Worked on the motor for a good chunk of Saturday...spent over 2 hours cleaning out rusted bolt holes (see pic of rusty crap). Ran a tap down each 5-10 times depending on how bad they were...used up a whole roll of paper towels, 1 can of brake cleaner, and a bunch of WD-40.
Degreed the cam without the fancy crank tool...which took a little longer, but it worked. I used a stack of washers and the crank bolt...and an impact.....and lots of math, lol. Cam is installed at 103.5°.
I checked PV clearance (which I was a little worried about with my heavily milled heads)...I have a MILE on the exhaust valve (over 0.2") and 0.080" on the intake, so all is well. And most exiting of all, my pushrods from the solid roller setup fit perfectly so I don't have to buy new ones (YAY!). That was the last hurdle, so it should be smooth sailing from here on out.
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