thanks,

I had the cyl. head off and cyl walls actually looked very good I think this motor just sat years and years in a back shop when the owner did not pick it up at a repair shop. my seized up 9.5 turned out pretty nice and made an excellent back up to my 75hp ETEC…

I used these less than 30 hrs / year

as soon as I can I’ll tackle this 6r more closely …winter isn’t to good a time to put theory into practice