Dave72dt

You'll notice a black ring around the top of the cylinder. That is carbon buildup. that will extend down as far as the top ring comes up during it's travel. Underneath the carbon, once it's removed, you may still find a ridge. That is wear from the rings, riding iron to iron or moly to iron, what ever the rings are made of. The rings rock just a little in the ring grooves and will wear the sharp edges of the rings down so they and the ridge have a small amount of radius to them. The ridge is removed because the new rings will once again have sharp edges, should fit tighter in the ring grooves and will want to travel those few thousandths that it didn't when they were worn out, thus the potential for broken rings, ring lands on the pistons, scoring of the cylinder walls. Trying to remove pistons with a cylinder ridge is like running the rings up against a wall. They may pass by the ridge with no ill effect or you can break things.

Stuck engines may have a coating of rust on the cylinder wall. When the cylinder travels up, it will scrape some of the rust off. With a ridge, it may trap some of that rust under the ridge, effectively lowering the distance the rings can travel without damage, again, potential for piston and ring damage.

It's always the little things. Short a couple bolts, belt the wrong size, some kind of leak, can't fin d the key, etc. I've got 3 projects that need the welder. Ran out of wire yesterday. I have another size wire I could have used for 2 of them and can't find the correct tip to use and I know I have a couple of them around. Murphy's law.

How about some closeups of the firewall and front suspension. Is it a frame swap or a clip? If the engine color is also the body color, they'll see you a long way off. I'd hold off on installing any upholstery until after paint is finished. Sanding dust and overspray gets everywhere.

It's really nice to see ladies as involved as you are. My wife is not, but she does let me use her half of the garage on occasion, and puts up with the dust, smell, and noise.

Keep posting progress and problems. It's encouragement for others as they visit. CHAT can usually offer immediate responses and too few take advantage of it. Feel free to join in with questions or responses anytime regardless of how or where the conversation meanders.

I'm looking forward to following your progress.

You have to realize this is tv. Do you really believe they build these cars in one week or even one month.

Some of it I can but take a look at the number of staff  that can be assigned to a project. 30 or 40 people putting in 8 to 10 hrs a day can cover a lot of ground and when all the parts are on hand before starting there's no waiting or sourcing the hard to find part.