Mnethercutt
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Posted some of this on the main for advise, but to continue a topic I opened a month or so ago, decided to follow Old's advice and rebuild the motor right. Got the crankshaft out and up with me at school--plan on getting it ground. I *think* it needs to be ground, not just polished, but maybe y'all can give me a better opinion with the pictures. I do have a micrometer and can measure the journals but I don't know what they're supposed to be. Been quite an adventure so far, especially when the engine stand rotated before we were ready!
Plan as of now is to just do the mains, rods, and cam bearings right now. I really can't afford to do everything in 1 go, so I figured do the bearings this year, wait another year or 2, then do the cylinders and head. Reason for rebuild was low oil pressure, but I've never had any indications of head problems or compression problems, so I figure with as few hours as I put on it, it'll get by until I have enough capital to fix the rest of it. Manual says I can do the head and cylinders w/out splitting it again so thats what I plan to do. Let me know if I'm crazy. Any advice anyone has going forward is much appreciated.
Plan as of now is to just do the mains, rods, and cam bearings right now. I really can't afford to do everything in 1 go, so I figured do the bearings this year, wait another year or 2, then do the cylinders and head. Reason for rebuild was low oil pressure, but I've never had any indications of head problems or compression problems, so I figure with as few hours as I put on it, it'll get by until I have enough capital to fix the rest of it. Manual says I can do the head and cylinders w/out splitting it again so thats what I plan to do. Let me know if I'm crazy. Any advice anyone has going forward is much appreciated.