91 B2200 back from the grave

It doesn't look like the freeze plug was leaking. It looked like a big glob of old crusty sealant maybe. I didn't see any damage under it. Maybe somebody got rtv all over trying to replace the freeze plug. The top left of the orange glob is something circular, looks like it could be an allen head screw/bolt, or maybe a weep hole. I'm not sure whats up with it, I'll check that out more next time I'm over there.

There is a oil galley screw-in plug there.......it may have been leaking and they gooped it up to stop it.

Sounds in the area, 86 being more than 85.85. Block still has the Cris-cross hone marks, can't be much wear.

What I can't understand is the book specifies something like 86-86.15 as being within tolerance. It must be my calipers aren't correct. I zeroed them several times throughout the process, and all the measurements were fairly consistent, so I trust that my cylinders are in good shape and within wear tolerances, especially with such good hone marks. They are good and pretty consistent throughout the cylinders other than the bottom inch or so, which I assume is normal.

You can put a new standard ring in the cylinder at the top. Use the piston to push the rod down to the end of ring travel in the cylinder. Pull the piston out and check the ring gap with a set of feeler gauges. It will have a greater gap at the top, where the slinging [change from push (the piston down) to shove (the exhaust out)] is done.

That was an environmentally conscious dirt-dobber trying to stop the leak by building her nest there.