Re: Advice on removing engine?

Posted by Bob E. On 2017/10/10 17:54:20

Hi gang,
So I'm in the 'putting it back together' phase so I am resurrecting this thread to ask another question. Since we last talked, I pulled the engine apart and:
-Had machine shop Replace pistons/rings and all bearings
-Replaced all core plugs
-Really cleaned out inside of rocker arms and polished them on a lathe
-Ground rocker arm tips
-Replaced all the valve springs
-Replaced all valve spring retainers with '56 hardened ones
-Replaced Exhaust valves (did NOT go for the hardened seats)
-Had heads machined for positive valve seals on intake
-New umbrella seals on exhaust
-New lifters (old camshaft)
-Added Vines high volume oil pump conversion
-(rebuilt water pump on the shelf)

I'm close to installing heads on block and thinking with the positive valve seals that there is no reason to reinstall the valve spring oil baffle. But with the new high volume oil pump wanted to get your advice.
Anyone else not bother with these baffles with positive seals??

Also thinking with the long rebuild duration that it would be good to manually spin up and prime the oil pump just prior to my first start (still a ways away). I don't have an old dist shaft handy so was thinking of making/grinding a long shaft that would take place of the shaft that goes from dist to oil pump. Unless someone knows of a cheap one commercially available with the right shape to fit the pump??

thank you for reading
-Bob

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