So, update on all this:
I finally got the proper copper sheet gaskets, and laptop the valves, and talked it all down and it is starting up no problem. I finally got the proper copper sheet gaskets, and laptop the valves, and torqued it all down and it is starting up no problem.
However, I did not do any spray, cause I didn’t see this post until now. And, sure enough, I have what looks like water leaking out at the bolts on top. At really zero run hours.
So, do I take it all down again and spread and put it back together?
( quite honestly, I really don’t understand this whole protrusion discussion. The liner of the cylinder protrudes above the plane of the head? Mine does not protrude. What protrusion are you talking about? )