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Thanks for the input everyone.
I reinstalled the cylinder head yesterday. The liners were perfectly level with the cylinder block, but I didn't want to take any risk so I removed them anyway, and I'm glad I did. The tiniest movement will break the seal, and even if they are level with the block, you can't be sure that they haven't moved while removing the head. I was surprised how easy it was to remove and reinstall the liners. They indeed have a taper at the base, so you don't even have to compress the piston rings (well maybe just a little bit by hand), you just "rock" the liners gently over the pistons. Also there was almost no trace of the original seal, but most of it is pressed out anyway when tensioning the cylinder head.
I will probably get her running again next weekend, and hopefully all goes well...
thanks again, Osara
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