Sorry Mate I forgot you posted that I have downloaded the 200tdi one. Found the torque it is 130 to 136 nm, worried now that the bloody bolts may snap or stretch, as I will be doing it twice, once to plastigauge then again to finally fit.

Does anyone know the Torque for main bearing caps ?, cant find it in book

Might have been wrong with clearances before to use plastiguge still not sure what colour / size to get .Think The acceptable clearance range is approximately 0.025 mm to 0.075 mm (0.001 to 0.003 inches).

Sending that micrometre back its useless, Borrowed this off a Mate today still a bit fiddley , well to me anyway but think I have got it right this time, first pic Main second Big End

Plastic Gaige is hard to get it seems can get some off ebay but wont be delivered until end of next which will hold me up Again. Not sure which one to get as the colours come in different size measurements , The clearance in haynes manual is 0.0792 to 0.0307 mm ,

Thanks Thanks. Trust me to get a faulty one. Yes used the ratchet kmob, think it is near enough though and within tolerances, not sure whether to take a gamble and just start building back together with the new bearings and rings or order some plastigauge too to try that for measure .

Think this thing has to be faulty, can set it to zero as in first pic, but when go to use again to measure, it goes way out as second pic. Probably me doing something wrong, got my bloody head done in, then to top that ordered honing tool from amazon yesterday and they sent the wrong...

Trying again don't think this bloody micrometer is zeroing right. Can you make this reading out ?

Yes it does have the 50.00mm bar to set zero, think this is where I was going wrong, as when setting, then trying again most times it was out again which would be putting those final readings out to. Dont think I got it bang on, gonna have another try tomorrow , one thing I aint got is a...

It will be me thats wrong, its a bit fiddley to set up and probably had it either to tight or to slack on the journals, like I said there was the minutest difference in some so might give it another go.

Yes did zero it but like I say first time ive used one, so god knows if I have one it right or not. watched this vid and done it the same way. but hoping near enough.

Measured the crank today with micrometre , mind you first time I have used one of these but think they are all in spec. please tell me if not. I measured each one individually at different angles etc, main and big end, Now there might have been the slightest minutest difference in some but I...

Thats a thing I forgot, core plugs , then again suppose I can still flush it out, are they easy to replace ? wont be able to get any untill next week now, but suppose I can crack on in the mean time. Watched a few vids on measuring crank and ordered one of these, so will try and measure...

Thanks Mate feeling good, hope you are well. Aint got time to go to machine shop to get thing measured, will have to try and figure out how to do it the hard way.

Got crank today very pleased with it looks like new. Standard main and big end bearings coming tomorrow so will get a start at weekend to try and get things put back together. When I find out where the bloody hell I start first.