jamesmartin said:

the line boring part of the manual goes back to the early series landys ,the bearings have been produced sized for decades

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Defender91 said:

By that do you mean they don't have to be machined when they are fitted?
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Defender91 said:

Here's a photo of a big end and main Bearing shell, they are all in the same sort of condition.
I'm very grateful for all the suggestions I've had on the forum, the response has been amazing.View attachment 216043 View attachment 216044
I'm not ready to give up on it just yet, I've done almost everything else on it so it's just this left. For now.
I think I need to have a think about what the next best option is now.

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Defender91 said:

Got a bit more time to work on it this evening.
Got the head off, the tappet slides have quite a lot of scoring down the side of the brass bits,also the oil feed in the head gasket for the rockers seems incredibly small. Can't see how this would be an issue,but seems odd.
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Defender91 said:

That's alright then.
Here's a photo of the tappet slides.
ThanksView attachment 216443

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