The issue is not so much the deck but cylinder-deck. I've been trying to think of different ways of fixing the problem without making new problems. Some previous owner went wild with a grinder creating a chamfer for the intake valve that got real close to a push rod hole(all eight) was pondering welding but what can of worms will that open up so milling just enough to take the chamfer out some seems the easiest way. If i had a couple of 3500 hundred dollar bills laying around i could buy a better block then throw all what i got away and start over, so i'm trying to fix what i got, once.