Well, it seems waiting it out works wonders for pulling cylinder liners, as I sprayed some Pb blaster on the #3 liner this evening and, using the new threaded rod, pulled the rest of it right out with hardly any force at all. Either A: I became Hercules over the past few days or B: PB blaster rocks (which I already knew). So, both liners are out and tomorrow I get to cleaning the block holes for the new ones.
I picked up the head today. The machine shop said they had to manually grind the seats, as the 336 head was chewing up their carbide bit. Go Yanmar! Making those indestructible heads. :thumbsup: The new seats look great, and the new valves fit them perfectly.
I used some lapping compound to get the new valves seated nicely and also worked on the old valves as well, to get a little pitting out and because.. why not? It's off, I had lapping compound.. sounds like all the reason I needed. Afterwards, I tested the valve seating by sraying some carb cleaner into the ports. All 6 valves didn't leak a drop, even over a few minutes. Perfect!
The head is ready to go.
I added a 1.4mm shim to each valve spring, seeing as i had the seats ground as well as the springs being 30 years old. I just hope they aren't too thick, as those were the slimmest the machine shop had which fit. Anyone know if there is a risk using too thick shims? Is too much spring tension a bad thing? Hastened cam shaft wear, maybe? We're only talking 1.4mm, but I'd rather ask around before reassembling it. I could likely get away with not using them. It's a toss up.
Tomorrow I'll be inserting the new liners and replacing the pistons rings and rod bearings. Hopefully I'll have the pistons reinserted by sundown. If there is time (and energy) left over, I'll see about getting the head reinstalled as well.
Reassembly has begun!