Thanks, that's what I think I'm going to do. If you or anyone else could think of anything else it may be, I'd appreciate knowing what you think. I kinda think I don't need to overhaul the engine right now either. If it did come down to that and knowing the costs related, I think it'd be better to utilize the services of a company like,
www.arsco.com, who specialize in engine tradeouts. They redo thousands of engines and my detroit series 60 11.1 liter can be replaced for only 7000.00 dollars, competely redone. Well.. appreciate all the help I can get guys. Keep it coming!