I the welding idea I'm sure is good. The bead when it cools, shrinks pulling the metal inward. It would be much easier.

I think installing, you want to make sure the new sleeves are seated. Let them rest and double check.

For boring the new cylinders, the Stu Ritter advice was tell them what diameter to bore to, don't bring them the pistons. These guys that do chevys all day will measure the diesel piston at the wrong place, then bore to the wrong size.

Remember, the piston/cylinder wall clearance is 0.0007-0.0015 inch new(617.912). Many of the machine shops bore everything to 0.001 per inch of bore size. So, they will be 0.0035+ inches.



Michael

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