Honing in.

I finished honing the cylinders today. I had started with a three legged hone as this is good for taking back the wear ridge but today was using a flex hone to cross hatch them.

I had forgotten to wipe oil over the head after cleaning the bores yesterday and it was a very warm damp night! So I’ll have to clean that again.

After finishing the bores I gave the block a second coat as well as another on the sump and timing case. I also started painting the head so that it is ready for seat cutting and reaming of the valve guides. I also cleaned down the spring and gave them a coat of red oxide primer ready for chassis black top coats.

Plasterer’s trestles with some rebar make a good hanging rack for the springs. I also touched up some spots on the chassis which, thankfully, is nearly done.

I think I’ll concentrate on rebuilding the engine for a bit. I need a break from painting, but I may do a bit of the axles alongside. I am looking forward to getting a rolling chassis.