Owen, I want to make sure I understand you correctly- you think I should just replace the broken valve springs, clean out the carbon, and put it back together with the original rings? The goal of the semi-rebuild was to stop the smoke, and get the engine as good as possible without throwing good money after bad.
I am working on a 1082 115c. I started restoring it about three years ago, but then the tour I was doing in the navy precluded me from working on it, so it has been sitting for three years. I'm now on a new tour, stationed in upstate NY.
The block is cracked on the driver's between 5 and 6 cylinders, and it is a cold water leak, so I don't want to waste any money on machine work. I thought this would be a good way to learn, and if the engine gives up the ghost in a few years, I can get an uncracked block and perform a full rebuild.
The piston damage I was concerned about was the pits in the tops of the pistons shown, and #2 has a piece missing from the crown
More pictures of the tear down are on my project blog:
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