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Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:07 pm

^^^ That link is simply a suggestion to join fa*ebo*k,

oh go on,you know you want to

Stormforce are good. I got a bargain for £46 on ebay for my Sierra,but the cover is for a Jag

Well,here's a surprise. I've decided to use King bearings and the crank turns by hand.....

suffolkpete wrote:What are the markings on the shells.

The markings are STD,and main shells have 2mm wall thickness using a vernier caliper,but precisely measure 2.139mm as per Glyco specs

thanks for your reply Mega.... 54.93mm minus 54.78mm = 0.15mm, which in old money is 0.005905512in. Several weeks back,I took it to a local engine builder to do what's needed to get the crank turning. He put it down to me,for putting the wrong main caps on. Which did get me thinking that I did put t...

....the main and big end shell bores. Has anyone experienced this. On a Ford i4 dohc and using Glyco new shells,the main cap bores with shells measure 54.78mm whereas the journals are 54.93mm. Same as the bigends which the bores measure 50.30mm,the journals measure 50.85mm. Your opinions mostly appr...

I thought Rich was trying to replicate James Browns Soul Power

At the traffic lights in Manchester today YVM 48T pulled up and sounded a bit tappety. I was wondering if the owner does his maintenance? If not,I have some tools he could use. Although,my tools are metric. Are Midgets imperial?