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I would check the parallel of the mating surface of the bellhousing first, I had mine dead nuts at .002 tir and found my bell was not parallel so I had to put in a shim between the block and bell. When I did that, it totally screwed my number and I had to start over again. I tried the lakewoods and wound up drilling and slide hammering them out. I finally just ordered the Robbmc ones and within a short period of time after I got them it was within book spec.
Tim



I would have run it up to the machine shop and had them surface it .

Also that brings up a good point , the picture the OP put up shows his dial indicator is not inside the bore of the bellhousing ... at least it looks that way ??? but the picture is small ... if that is the case he isn't really getting an accurate reading...

but probably close enough for a caveman ...