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Took a Week
Had a little left over red engine enamel paint from the cam cover so made the extra effort to add some more head dress embellishments.
The block seemed about as good as it was going to get and I rested some metal rulers as a poor mans engineers edge to confirm flatness....which checked out alright.
Used popsicle sticks and blue shop towels to clean the bolt holes then got the 12v tire inflator to use as an air compressor to purge the bolt holes clean and clear.
Gave it shop vac and isopropyl alcohol wipe down before installing the MLS gasket.
Bolts went by hand and then followed the Mitsubishi manual torque sequence.
before the final torque to yield procedure I paint pen marked the heads of the bolts as a reference to the 90* sequence followed by another 90* turn.
Found muscles in my back I didn't know I had...
Then it was putting back all the other mumbo jumbo...
poured oil over the new cam and valves...
Engine turns over by hand.
Am yet to key crank it...Just letting it all settle for a bit...
Last edited by XLsior; 02-18-2024 at 07:28 AM.
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