Just a suggestion....before you start tearing it down....line up your machine shop who will "dip" the engine, clean all the internal passages, mic everything, check the head for cracks and do the hardened seats and valve job, grind the crank, bore the cylinders, check the balance of all the rotating components, dress the flywheel, and several dozen other necessary operations, and see if he is willing to work on an engine that comes to him in pieces.
If you can find a shop that will take on this kind of job, you're lucky. Most, in my neck of the woods, will pass on this kind of work. Once he finds out you're in the O.J.T mode and are planning to get "experience" putting it back together and having it run, he'll be "too busy" to even do the machine work.
When you figure up the retail cost of a full rebuild kit and the cost of his machining, the $300. he gets for assembling it correctly and backing it up with a warranty is money well spent. There is no single manual in print that will take a newbee through an engine rebuild. Building engines, requires some pretty specific hands-on skills as well as equipment to get it done right. Save yourself some heartache (and money) in the long run and focus your energy on something more realistic.
I don't mean to sound overly critical, but I would be remiss if I didn't point out the many pitfalls you may/will encounter.
Dave
