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I rented these tools plus a ring compressor, inserted the pistons then put it all back together. This required head and pan gasket kits. One thing I got with my tools from Illinois was a torque wrench, which I needed to tighten the head bolts, in particular order and of particular tightness in three or four stages. It was fun to use that thing. Now the engine was as good as new and I had it problem free for many years.
It was a friend of Edwardo's he met in Guatemala. This guy came up from Mexico with Yellow Fever. He had visited a Mexican Indian medicine man who gave him a formula for a water-fast, that he said would take care of the problem. It was one gallon pure water, one bottle each of reconstituted lemon juice, and pure maple syrup and a tablespoon of red pepper. I used it in later years for five, seven and nine days fasts, which cleaned up my body. Didn't work for the fever, and he finally got some sense and went to a real doctor. But I am not sure there was anything they could do either. We went to a concert of some kind over at Stern Grove. I remember this because he was carrying his plastic gallon jug of water-fast, and sipping on it every little while. It made an impression on me. I in later years carried the water-fast jug around and sipped on it all through the day. Those fasts I know helped clean up my body and promoted my good health for many years I am sure. He left after a week or two and I think he moved over to the Haight. In any case I never saw him again.
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