I have found what the major issue was for making it so hard to roll over. When I cleaned the pistons up it was winter and my lighting wasn't good enough for these old pair of eyes I have. I missed a couple of sizeable peaces of carbon in the ring grooves on a couple of the pistons. I was working in the daylight and could see much better today. Thanks for the tip on the hacksaw blade Jerry, worked great.
Now I have found that a couple of my connecting rod bolts have stretched and will not torque properly. Any idea where a guy can get a few of these or possibly 12 to replace them all.

Mark


1952 GMC 9430 one ton pickup, a work in progress

1952 1-ton pictures on Photobucket