[alphie]

As others have stated, its very challenging (and frustating) to learn all the different methods employed but great engine builders and then to determine which methods to follow yourself - information overload!

Personally I've done a lot of second guessing. Sealants, procedures, no sealant on the main webs, no loctite on the rod bolts, curil T on the nose bearing, etc, etc...

An example is the recommendation to use 574 on the main webs or the main journals. Since I've never done a 911 rebuild I'd probably mess that up - since some experts don't use it there I'm thinking I may do the same and hence less chance of my screwing that part up.

I'm thinking the same about the nose 8 bearing. Do I want to buy a tube of 1211 just for that bearing when some experts use nothing or a bit of curil T? Like I said, I'd probably mess that up so I'm leaning on going with Viton and oil like some experts recommend. I would fully trust Henry to use all those sealants correctly but not myself. And Henry is a very busy guy and to expect him to baby me along on those tasks might not be fair.

I am going to use threebond on the case perimeter since that seems to be an easier product to apply and work with than 574.