touringsedan
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I tore apart a 48' 8N to do a rebuild, it is a front mount dizzy.
The motor sounded good other than a light knock. When I got to tearing it apart I discovered it had a bad rod bearing. The rod bearings are .020 already and as much play that was in the bearing, I think it would be lucky to get it cleaned up at .040 So I have a few choices one would be have the journal welded then recut to whatever the rest of the rods end up being. Or find a better crank to start with. Do the front mount distributor engines use the same crank as the side mount engines? I used the search option and have been reading as much as I can about rebuilds.....Mark
The motor sounded good other than a light knock. When I got to tearing it apart I discovered it had a bad rod bearing. The rod bearings are .020 already and as much play that was in the bearing, I think it would be lucky to get it cleaned up at .040 So I have a few choices one would be have the journal welded then recut to whatever the rest of the rods end up being. Or find a better crank to start with. Do the front mount distributor engines use the same crank as the side mount engines? I used the search option and have been reading as much as I can about rebuilds.....Mark