I found with my rebuild that cleaning everything off got me familiar with the component, and what it does. Assembling a clean engine is also putting much better energy into it.

When I first bought the truck, I thought the engine would detail well. I was lucky (in some respects) that I had plenty of time to do extra detailing (winter snow and cold) and I took extra focused care re-assembling everything (some of which I had to dis-assemble three times, later) and, yeah: it started up pretty quick, though timing was an issue.

If you read my build thread, you'll see I confess, right off, about not wanting to break components down: they were unfamiliar to me (like the plenum). But I'm very glad I went the full distance, which includes correcting some lifter issues, and of course the 500 mile re-torque. I can't say I'm an expert with these engines, but I do know what I'm looking at, now...and it's clean, too!

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