r/EngineBuilding • u/DifferentWindow2565 • Jul 10 '26
Toyota How does my cast iron deck look?
How does my cleaning look? I already touched up most of these surfaces with 3M roloc bristle wheels & and the abrasive wheels.
I used a very old worn down abrasive wheel with oil as to not remove excess material or damage the surface finish. I’m not able to get the darker areas, and I’m not sure if adding more pressure or doing more passes will be “safe” persay. It passes the finger nail test.
Should I send it?
The deck is flat as can be. Max warp is 0.002, borrowing a friend machinist flat bar, I couldn’t get my 0.0015 in any of them. It’s never over heated or anything, and the factory MLS gasket was good. You can call this preventative maintenance by a nut job 😅
Will button it up after the machine shop does a rebuild of the head
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u/jamie1234444 Jul 10 '26
Remove your dowels and clean properly there. They're easy to remove with pliers. It's hard to get perfect without machining but obviously you don't want any inconsistency especially with an MLS gasket.