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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HawkX66" data-source="post: 1424173" data-attributes="member: 22036">I just got back from a road trip for work on Thursday night. On Friday I was able to get the short block basically completed. I cleaned the block as best as I could with Gunk and a pressure washer, then honed the cylinders. I also polished the crank. I left the #5 and #1 old main bearings in, used a drill to spin the crank relatively slowly and polished it with Crokus cloth. Instalathe lol... They aren't exactly machine shop polished, but they're a hell of a lot better than factory and definitely better than they were.Threw new bearings in and installed the pistons and crank. So far, so good. I just need to pick up an 8mm hex, long socket, so I can torque the jack screws. I decided to go ahead and put new valve seals in, so I'll hand lap the valves at the same time just for S&Gs and a little added insurance.<a href="https://flic.kr/p/U76Cov" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2871/34199548881_03c18d3ed7_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/U4FEhG" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2859/34172239592_ec0be4ba0f_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>