Nice, thanks for sharing.
A friend of mine from high school went through what you're going through now, but with an early model D. She was in rough shape, but he and his dad were determined. I remember that engine being locked up tight and after a lot of soaking, pounding, heating, more soaking, praying and some choice words, the pistons eventually came out of the cylinders. It was tore down for a year and a half with just about every part getting cleaned, checked and repaired as necessary. Those pistons were dang near the size of gallon paint cans. When they finished with the restoration, I was amazed how easy it was to hand start (no electric start), petcocks open of course.
