billyedtimmy

Can anyone tell me, (1) Do I need to remove or somehow open the ball/spring valve at the end of the rocker shaft in order to get a thorough cleaning through all the passages (what is that thing for anyway?), and (2) When reinstalling the end caps, I assume the screws go in the holes in the rocker shaft, but the one to the rear (on the opposite end of from the ball/spring) appears to be part of the oil passages, so I wouldn't have thought I'd be putting a screw into that (e.g., the hole on the end where the ball/spring is is a dead-end, in contrast). The service manual isn't much help as the pictures are hard for my old eyes to see well. TIA!

Awesome, thank you! Pistons I can do, just don't want to deal with main/rod bearings if I can help it.

I've got a EJ253 longblock from an '07 Forester with some apparent main bearing issues. The heads have been rebuilt, so I kinda don't want to look for a new longblock (would prefer to reuse). However, I have a couple of EJ251s hanging around. Can I use the shortblock from an EJ251 and put the EJ253 heads on it to put back in my '07 Forester? Any issues or suggestions with that?

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