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Old 05-01-2018, 09:05 PM
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IT'S ALIVE!

She fired right up! A little tweaking on the distributor, adjustment of oil pressure, and she's purring like a kitten (a very large and angry kitten on steroids ... no muffler). Got her up to temp, she settled out at ~160 and stayed there. No leaks, no weird noises, no strange vibrations. I'm STOKED!

... but of course the world isn't completely rosey. Per the manual I re-torqued all the head nuts after it was up to temp, and sure enough, one of them stripped out of the block. Oh well, stud repair kit on order from Moyer.

Thanks so much to all of you for your advice and support. And a BIG thanks to Ken at Moyer, who patiently answered my dumb questions and talked me out of getting myself in trouble several times.

Heading down to my daughter's boat in a couple weeks to drop her in!
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