well. progress but not complete or done.
in order of problems: forgot piston bearings on #2 i think, piston #1 was backwards, pulled #1,#2,#4,#5 back out to see why we had an extra piston ring, and it was an extra. oil pan gasket in the kit was completely wrong, went to the only store that had one in stock and got lunch. went to put the lower intake on and the rtv had turned solid in the tube, had to go get more. didnt have enough rtv to finish the intake or start the water pump and had to go get more. crank bolt decided to destroy itself once the pulley was on, went on fine before that. i said the fuel rail looked like it was on backwards, 10min into looking at the rockers jd said it is backwards. and thats all i can remember, it was a long day.
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brandon sabotaged the invisible valve covers. he supermaned them to tight and made an oil leak!
i also blame brandon for the destroyed crank bolt
so through all this crap the checklist is as follows:
smith bros 5.525" pushrods, ps pulley put on, ps put on, alternator on, upper intake on, valve covers on, new crank bolt, trim fan to fit, get cat out, get oil, tranny, coolant, ps fluid.