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......The cylinder block doesn't hit a hard stop but sits about a millimetre or so above the crankcase. I put the head on and softly tightened (if that makes sense) the first four nuts which closed the gap with no resistance.Therefore I can only assume its the new O ring seals that are holding the barrel off.