I went and got a "new" engine from Gimpy last weekend. I am very happy with it so far even though I did not swap it over yet. I noticed it had the old style head gaskets with the tabs that stick out of the block. I bought head gaskets gimp just in case I wanted to change them. So, here are my thoughts. I have all of the parts I need to put new rings in this engine... but should I? Then it would be completely fresh. I'm just nervous because I didn't have good luck with the LDS piston kits... would I be any better with honing these cylinders and putting new rings in? I guess if I did put rings in it, and do my same exact break in process, we all would know that the LDS piston kits I bought were junk from the start.
Tonight I removed the oil cooler assembly and installed one I bought before from a White 2-135 Farm Tractor. These are factory spin on oil filters... no more adapters!