UPDATE...just got home from a cannon ball run style jaunt to the east coast to get the engine. got to see Washington DC for a few hours, and I feel for anyone that trys to travel I-95, on Easter weekend Friday, at 3:30, out of DC...HOLY COW.
The block looks good from a naked eye, nothing screaming bad news, gonna get dipped and magnafluxed soon I hope. I ended up with almost the complete engine minus the cam and the intake and accessories. A couple questions...
1. I got the timing gears and chain and harmonic balencer, oil pump, ect. How do you check to ensure they are usable, they look good but that means nothing. Same with the connecting rods. I am going to overbore it but am re-using everything I can to save money.
2. Some of the push rods are bent, so I am assuming that was the reason for the tear down (it was in pieces when I picked it up). What causes bent rods? Before putting it back together I need to find out why it happened so it dont happen again.
3. The water jacket has some decent visible rust that I can see through the water pump holes, will hot diping it clean all those passages?
