Quote Originally Posted by Rasmus View Post
Thanks for reminding me. I'd forgotten that water pump existed.

And Scargo I will take you up on the used shim-less buckets. Even if it's only one or two. I have to get to that point though. If I recall correctly shimming out the cams is second to last step before putting the valve covers on.
Sound about right, since you're probably going to need a lot of buckets, find a subaru guy in your area to trade with instead of buying new ones or worse, shaving metal off the valve stems into your freshly applied assembly lube! Make friends with people that build motors and they will be happy to help you out. Also In a pinch, you grind the bottom of the buckets not valves, cheaper replacement and you can do it away from a motor that is being assembled but it is still advised to just find the right buckets from the beginning.