Yes - the liquid burrette method is most effective for the combustion chamber (seal the valves with grease or else they'll leak...and don't forget a spark plug! Grease the threads on that, too.) If you can, include the compressed head gasket in there, too.

But, for the cylinder, you can use some good old fashioned math.

Volume of a cylinder: L × pi × r2, where L is the length of the cylinder (stroke), pi is 3.14, and r is the radius (half the bore), squared...

(and you thought you'd never use any of that math garbage...)

Have fun. Use fluid from the parts cleaner to measure with...you know it won't hurt anything.

~SP~

i did know i would have to use math because i had a math teacher with a chart that showed wut jobs need wut math so i am doing good in that class. i atleast try to think about math during class not just wut im gonna do on my car when i get home from school. wouldnt it work to just divide 305 by 8?

doing the volume calculations gives me 38.12855421 and 305 divided by 8 is 38.125 wut should i go by?

the 1st number...."305" is a rounded number, it's easier than calling it a 305.028434.

so use the longer version. alright i didnt think of the rounding thanks

I did it
 

I finally got the heads into school and one is shaved down .015''. i didnt get the other done yet i will do that when break is over january 2nd. thank you for the help

I got a small piece of picture frame glass and a 50 cc syringe from the Nursing Home my Mom was in before she died.

I just added a couple of drops of liquid dish soap to the water as well as some rubbing alcohol and had at it!!

Just use some gun grease on both the valve heads and stems and around the edge of the glass to help seal the water is all.

It's simple to do but time comsuming to say the least...

pdq67