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Originally Posted by edwardc
Hard to tell from the photo. If there's any question, you could always get the cylinders sleeved. Just takes $$.��
A good rule of thumb to determine the remaining thickness of the block in general is to examine the lower ends of the head studs that you extracted. Since they protrude into the water jacket, they tend to corrode off flush with the inner surface. This gives you a way to measure the remaining deck thickness. If there are less than three threads left, the block is done.
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I wish I had photos of the studs to post. I had carefully inspected them All, each stud has 5 to 6 threads left on them I also took some measurements. 13 studs should measure 2.75" after pulling them I measured 2.60", the two studs for the lifting eye, they should measure 2.88", and I measured 2.80"
Taking a break from the rebuild till February as I'm back to sea. I will be ordering a new head from Don to conduct a pressure test when I'm home.
Happy Holidays.