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Message: <blockquote data-quote="daveross" data-source="post: 142740" data-attributes="member: 27580">I should wash things a whole lot more, but when I have been diligent with it I've always found it worthwhile from a maintenance perspective, as you tend to look over the machine as you wash it and can spot a missing nut or leaking gasket… stuff that's easy to address before it gets worse.Michael… if you were to estimate, how many hours did you spend rebuilding your engine?  I assume you bought a rebuild kit, replaced sleeves, etc.  And how many times did you have to pause the job to wait for another part you needed…I'm trying to figure out how much time and over what period it will likely take.  I am pressed for time and have a lot on the go, but might plan a fun thing for my neighbour's birthday where a couple professional mechanic friends gather, I buy the parts, and we hammer out the job with me and others as the "apprentice labour" while the experts tell us what to do.  I have a well-equipped shop.  If we could get it done for the most part over a weekend with final assembly and reinstall for later, that would be awesome.  My mechanic friends aren't diesel engine specialists but are full-time equipment mechanics who have rebuilt the odd engine before; not sure about diesel though.  Thoughts?</blockquote>