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Pic 1 A machinist will want to deck the block. I told mine no. These numbers are too important to have them machined off. My block was good and the composite head gaskets seal just fine even with imperfections. Also, decking a block will raise the compression, and you don’t want that.
The water pump is NOS, the oil pressure sensor is NOS, the water temp sensor is NOS, the heater pipe is NOS (thanks Eric) and the water neck is NOS.
All the bolts are original and have been cleaned and made black oxide as original.

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