Boy stop.

If that bitch aint knocking and has good compression u just wasted your time.
Quote Originally Posted by k3tsurui View Post
if you are going to do all that stuff anyways, then you mind as well pull the whole motor and rebuild it from the ground up.......a vx is most def worth rebuilding and d series are as basic as it gets.......i rebuild a d with like 400 bucks worth of egay parts and it had and still have a whole lot of life left

checklist:
timing belt
tensioner
serp belts
oil and water pump
along with their respective gaskets and orings
all of the rubber shit in the head should be rep
headgasket
piston rings
rod bearings (crank bearings too, but these never spin so its probably safer to leave intact)
oil pan gasket
head studs
i am sure i left out a bunch but you get the idea