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Excellent man thanks for that … even with the right equipment it’s a ball, buster and time consuming I’ve never done it, but I’ve seen guys do it professionals .bob

Great progress babba … bob

I dont like how it is being portrayed.. The news makes it look like President Trump is just going to take over the country. I prefer a business deal.

BEYOND PARODY: Minneapolis City Attorney Invites Staff to “Healing Circle” With THERAPY GOATS as City Leaders Blame ICE for Chaos https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/beyond-parody-minneapolis-city-attorney-invites-staff-healing/

What about Greenland? Does anybody feel good about going down this road?

sad part is no one questions the statement "a deal has been reached " ; the deal is billions of dollars pocketed by those making deals. typical Monty Hall "let's make a deal " otherwise known as What's in it for Me!!

take three 5/8th flat washers , braze them together to form a V pattern ; results are one hold down set up will secure two liners. less stuff fumbling around on top of block. DD need the hold-downs ; wet liners.

I agree. What's sad is if one went back to Iran in the 1970s, they'd feel as though they were in a western country. It was very cosmopolitan and business was booming. And 98% of the heavy trucks sold in Iran were Macks.

When I went to Caterpillar engine school the instructor told us to always hold the liners down just as a precaution those o ring liner seals on 3406's were soaked in motor oil and then you put them on the liner and get the liner in place right away before the seal swelled up I don't think I soaked the o rings for the 1693 engines but that was a long time ago and my memory is not that good any more. I cut a lot of blocks for shimming the liners for liner projection height.

CIA director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's Interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday "at President Trump's direction." The two-hour meeting was aimed at building trust and communication. Ratcliffe and Rodríguez discussed potential economic collaboration and that "Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America's adversaries."

my personal opinion is the USA should leave iran to it own dealings. if the people there REALLY want change, let them do it themselves.

No country is watching the protests in Iran with greater interest than Israel, which sees the Islamic Republic as a mortal enemy and an existential threat. Iran has been the obsession of Netanyahu, who has portrayed the government in Tehran and its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a global menace on the order of Nazi Germany. Israelis would cheer if the Iranian regime were to fall. Yet former officials and analysts say that the Israeli leadership is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change, seeing the Iranian government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point. Israel is unlikely to attack Iran unless it is invited into a U.S.-led operation, or unless Iran attacks Israel first. And its caution about a U.S. attack on Iran is well justified. The risks of blowback against Israel — including a new war — are too great. And the chances that anything short of a major offensive could topple Iran’s authoritarian clerical rulers are too remote. Israeli analysts predict that the current wave of demonstrations in Iran will be short-lived. The protesters lack leadership and the means to defend themselves, given reports this week that Iranian security forces had killed thousands of demonstrators. “If there were millions of people on the street, it would be very difficult to stop them. You cannot kill everyone,” says Mossad. “But we don’t see millions. We see thousands. And this regime knows how to handle that. Their first tool is to kill people, and to make sure that everybody knows that they’re killing.”

Agreed! Eeven wet lined Cummins with a much smaller press fit area will not push a liner up with the piston (If it does you have something wrong). 2 stroke Detroit will, as they are more of a slip-fit.

There ya go..

I contemplated hold downs but I can't see the friction of the rings pushing the liners up. Not when it took a hydraulic puller to get them out. They are dry and have .001/.002 shrink. It turns with little effort.

Can I ask what polish you use for the final shine? Paul

Stunning just stunning...hope to get that shine on my bits!!!! Yeah the dirt has to go somewhere...... Paul

Terry, on January 5th he posted a picture of the block without liners. The bores are dry. So he may be just fine without the hold down bolts. I used them when I did a 673 a few years ago.

Yes terry. Hold down bolts for sure. But I think his block has dry liners that are pressed in. Myself I would use the hold down bolts anyway..

Would anyone happen to have a set of 75 gallon fuel tanks with the straps and steps and a set of air tanks for a RS/RL or FS/FL that they would be willing to sell thanks

Joey what do you think of a bolt in headbolt hole with a washer to catch edge of liner, to hold down if you turn engine for something? terry

A 2007 CL. Man, sure would love to see a picture of that yruck on here..

We had a 2007 CL glider kit with a 1995 427 18 speed mack and 4.30 rockwell double lockers on air. Pulled a centermount loader log trailer . It had the blixxton and hopped up injectors and a stock turbo it would go real good. My 2022 western star with a 565 X15 wouldnt pull out of site of it

I use two pizza stones on my gas grill, all burners on high and it works great.

You have it up on 1 as well.. Luv it.