Big Mike, Marlin's son, will be building the motor for this build up. The original 1985 motor is well past it's prime with lots of miles on it. This old motor had been sitting in the back yard for who know how many years.
Mike placed the tired mill up on an engine stand and in about 2 hours reduced the motor to a pile of parts. He carefully sorted each nut bolt and part into boxes and muffin tins as it came apart. This will make later reassembly much faster.
I knew we had many of the parts we needed to build this truck right in the shop at the start of the project but I was totally shocked when Marlin pulled out from under his bench a fully machined 1985 engine block and matching .020 over pistons. I've been working at the shop for a year and had never seen this block before.
We also keep engine kits in stock so Big Mike is now ready to put the block back together.
Marlin will be porting the head giving it a valve job before it's put back on.
