hmmm…steffan, u know they make piston ring pliers, spreads them quite nicely. makes me hurt just watching u. -just my $.02 – j
Dan,
ah - hmm you got me all stuttering now ….
Jeremy,
I know that, but I didn’t feel it on the first and second ring. Later it wasn’t worthy anymore! 
Stefan
… and here come the next pictures…
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… as I already mentioned: The parts that appeared to be reusable, at this point are not good enough anymore to go into a new engine.
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Today one more parcel with new parts arrived, including a new shaft and bushing and that means…
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…I can finally start to reassemble the new fuel pump
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new sealings
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Egge had an oil pump overhaul kit that included everything except the housing, but here even the housing is new.
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pressure valve and spring
Not a big deal. 
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Also the port for the distributor drive shaft was covered with sludge. Now it’s clean again and…
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ready to receive the new oil bushing. Some oil on the surface and the new bushing will go in easier.
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The old shaft is a good tool to drive the bushing in place.
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Using a strong screw driver the new bushing goes in place.
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Almost done.
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For now there’s nothing more to do on the bottom end, except waiting for the next parts to come. To protect it from dust I wrap it in plastic. I think it’s time to go for the cylinder heads now.
Hello Group,
here comes the next bunch of pictures:
As I’m waiting for the next parts to come I’ll use the time for the cylinder heads.
Do you still remember these pictures …
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705 - cylinder head?
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rusted and/or burned valve seats?
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slugged valves? … and …
Well, that’s all over now and it’s a real pleasure to see how the work goes on.
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clean heads with glass blaster
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Some valve seats have been almost “eaten up”, so I didn’t really have a choice. Hardened valve seats is not a “nice to have” feature, in fact it was the only way to go.
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closer view
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slugged valves are a sign of worn valve guides. Take a closer look and you’ll see the new bronze guide
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… from outside
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machining valve seats.
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Meanwhile the intake manifold came back from sand blasting. Untill today it’s an enigma to me how the the carbon could get inside of it. It’s almost clean now, but …
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… bad news. The intake manifold has a crack.
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Well, it’s time to reassemble the heads. The weather here in Portugal is still good, but it can change in an instant and become wet. It’s better to hurry up now.
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The valves came with the engine overhaul kit from Egge. If I would do it again, then I would invest a little more money in better valves. Some of the valves showed a little difference on the head. Although we are talking about very small differences it causes a different pre-load on these valves. I had to make some shims to achieve the correct and equal pre-load.
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see the pictures.
