Bob (87_Montero) was kind enough to lend me his blown engine for use in my S/C project. I agreed to rebuild it in exchange for his effort in getting it to me and his patience while I did the mockup work.

I started taking it apart this morning - found some jelly in #3:

It looks like the cylinder head lifted and the gasket breached between #3 and #5 cylinders - note non-OE gasket set:

The head appears to confirm a breach between the cylinders:

I don't know yet what caused the tracks between the #3 plug and valve - maybe residue from burnt coolant:

The driver side seems fine, but appears it was on the way to blowing as well:

I'm now at a standstill - the crankshaft timing sprocket is rusted to the crank - so far I've managed to mangle the sprocket, but not enough to get it off. A WD-40 soak and heat on the sprocket didn't work... I guess next I'll try PB Blaster and freon on the crank nose. Payback's Hell...

Frank