My 74 Dart (The Bondo Bucket)
My son and I got the short block fully disassembled. I honed the cylinders cleaned the block with degreaser and hit it with the pressure washer. Then I took the block to work and removed all the casting flash from the lifter valley , thread chased the head bolt threads, main cap bolt threads and timing cover bolt threads. I cut off the two bosses from the sides of the block everyone says may interfere with header clearance. Cleaned all the gasket surfaces with my Roloc wheel and then degreased and washed again. Back at home we pulled all the old rings off and have the piston / rods soaking in a super clean / purple power solution. We cleaned and prepped the block , timing cover and oil pan for paint.
My son and I got the short block fully disassembled. I honed the cylinders cleaned the block with degreaser and hit it with the pressure washer. Then I took the block to work and removed all the casting flash from the lifter valley , thread chased the head bolt threads, main cap bolt threads and timing cover bolt threads. I cut off the two bosses from the sides of the block everyone says may interfere with header clearance. Cleaned all the gasket surfaces with my Roloc wheel and then degreased and washed again. Back at home we pulled all the old rings off and have the piston / rods soaking in a super clean / purple power solution. We cleaned and prepped the block , timing cover and oil pan for paint.