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Two pounds to run - be still my heart! 

  So, it seems to me that the cylinder-head is next.  Removing
the whole cylinder would be a lot of work.  I've rebuilt several
car engines so I feel pretty confident I can get it back together.
Machining is out of the question for me - but there is a vintage
airplane rebuilding shop at Floyd Bennet Field (last I looked)
so if machine work is needed that is where I'm headed.

BTB...Whoever made my setup was compulsive.  Look at the
photo of the bottom of the base!  Machined!

  While TEFLON is the modern way to go, I do like the idea
of the old-fashioned graphite-yarn.  Sounds like the material
used for the crank seals on my old 283ci small-block Chevy
of my 1964 Malibu SS.  Of all my cars it is the one I wish I
had kept on the side.

  I'm retired, so this may take some time.  Four hobbies at
once plus the outside garden.  I'm booked-n-beat.
 
Thanks,
Wayne