Gotta clean it before I take it any further so I dont get dirt on the valve train and internals.
I would not sweat that as you will be cleaning EVERYTHING clean from head to toe & on the valve train slide hammering a core plug out on one end of the shaft then driving out the other one. keep the rockers in order (if reusing em). You mentioned someone in Bend Oregon purcasing a lot of Imperials, I'm wondering if it is the Cab character? I would put it past him
I'm O.C.D. Robert I have to at least get the block clean. The guy I bought the block from is in Port Orchard Washington. He was a buyer at the auction in Bend. If I'm going with a new hydraulic flat tappet cam can I reuse my lifters?
