Starting the tear down

[rbohm]

first as stated use zip lock bags to put all the small parts in and lable each with what is in the bag. second take pictures of each step so you can look back and see what went where. i would highly recomend that you ultimately pitch all the bolts that you remove and replace them with new ones from arp. they have complete bolt sets for the sb ford in black oxide or stainless steel. i have the black oxide set with 12 point heads myself. if you dont wantt o replace all the bolts, at least replace the head and main cap bolts. i recomend main cap studs instead of bolt as i feel they work better. i am going to use main cap studs, again from arp. take close up pictures, use high quality film or a very high quality digital camera, the film is better, of high wear parts like the pistons and the cylinder bores. take these pics and the bearing to an engine builder and get his opinion on what needs to be done. realize that he wont be able to tell everything from the pics alone, but it will give him an idea of what is going on in your engine.