Well, I went a little nuts today, I took the head over to my machine shop and had them hot tank it (to get rid of all the junk under the paint), check the valves and deck it. The origional surface was actually pretty dinged up and I saw signs of some water leaks when I took the ehad off. All of the above is no doubt over kill but what the hey, I'll know its right. Plus I get to paint the head when it comes back so I can have my very own listeroid "testa rosa"! The new sleeve and rings came today as well. The sleeve has some rust on it but not in the bore and its very light so it should clean up fine. I'll shift the sleeve some time this week or next. I'm doing some work on the building out on the ranch and getting the concrete poured for the generator shed (probably on Friday). The floor is 11 inches thick where the generator is going, I hope its thick enough! I'll post some new photos when I get the chance.
Morgan