3.5 V8 Rebuild

so ruled out everything but the conrod

discomark10 said:

when i do it up on the crank it seizes solid, the shell is fine as i checked it in another conrod and another shell in the problem one, also on another crank position.

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have you checked it as i suggested ?

i didnt as ive been working but my old man did for me, and he said that the shell's are too big for the con rod end, might be that the caps are mixed up, but im pretty sure they aren't as i kept them together

you might have but its worth checking as you need to know others are perfect and reason why this one isnt ,shells are a little bigger in that they compress tight once bolted up its called bearing nip and can be checked with feeler guage

when done up its about 5thou to big, and yes your right, one might be to big!

I just scarpped a load of conrods and pistons about 3 weeks ago , you could have chosen from 16 with caps :doh:

fett said:

i just scarpped a load of conrods and pistons about 3 weeks ago , you could have chosen from 16 with caps :doh:

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doh!

Have you checked the compression on the block stamp yet?

Got the engine number. Couldn't find anything on the dipstick. Its ERC6619

theres no number on machined surface near dipstick

Ill take another look now im off today. Oh and I think I may have mixed caps! Looks like they have been balanced, not on the ends like fetts but on the sides which is good as I may be able to match the rod/cap

Should look like this, this is my old block, dipstick removed

Oh that. My blocks upside down atm hence not seeing it

ya numpty where were you looking ?

Just to the side on the block and the actual dipstick.. and not the 6ft2 one

No idea where that is without a pic haha

discomark10 said:

Ill take another look now im off today. Oh and I think I may have mixed caps! Looks like they have been balanced, not on the ends like fetts but on the sides which is good as I may be able to match the rod/cap

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i think i may have mentioned that a few times ,im not talking from books but real life

Yes your right you did, thats what lead me to look for the grinding marks

HORRAH! Its only bloody sorted!

Also not to happy. 8cr