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Oh and I've put about a zillion miles on 440's that had all kinds of blow by coming out of the breather. Oil turned black after 500 miles. Big deal. Unless you are planning a long trip I wouldn't be overly concerned about it. Some guys want stuff to be perfect, but I have learned over the years that as little as some of these cars get used, it just doesn't make sense to spend a bunch of money sometimes.

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Here is somebody that lives in the real world. IMO even on a trip you can buy a lot of oil for what it will cost to overhaul. If it isn't smoking out the pipes you will be the only one that notices it. There can be quite a bit of breather fumes and still not even use much oil. Drive it.
Also IMO there is not much sense in buying all the 'correct' tools for one job. you can usually rent them for very little if yo want to use them.