Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
did say the engine came out of is truck? ..... BUT ....... if the ex boat logs have ever been in salt water there a good place to start looking. they rot out .

have it down this far if evey thing get a checks out i would deck the block and cut the heads . hone rering check bearings
Those are the first things I'd look at since I live on the Atlantic ocean it's what I'm most familiar with. And I agree with you regarding the other procedures while the block is at the machine shop. If his block was milled at that time it's living a hard life now!