That's how long it's been since my last engine rebuild. Remember that spun bearing on the 1962 that I was going to try a get-me-by on? nope. Well the crank was really fried. I used a mens belt with sandpaper and polished it, but it looked like marbled meat with all the grooves and pits in it. My $100 repair is now sitting at $600 and I've lapped the valves, gotten a replacement crank (free!!!), 2 new con-rods, new bearings all around, and gasket sets. I wasn't aware that there are freeze plugs in the heads. One was weeping. I did those too. The engine is now sitting in the garage all painted up and new-looking. I also did new rings and honed the cylinders, so that's looking up too. Problem is that two of the con rods, when tightened bind the crank up so much that it won't spin. I'll be taking them out and having them reconditioned - I presume that they are not the correct diameter anymore. Otherwise, things are going well. What a bunch of work though!! I've got 3 8-hour days in and presume that there are 2 more before I'm driving the car. It's nice not to be paying $3000 for an engine rebuild and all the money to remove/reinstall, but I'm not so certain that I'll be doing this on the 1973 and the 1970, both of which will "want" a rebuild in the coming years. I think that I'll maybe look at having a spare 440 that I can have redone and ready to plop in, rather than having the car down for the week. Kenyon Wills ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm