Originally Posted by
Forest Gump
well I cut the precat elim and got the pan off. Pulled the number 4 rod cap and the bearing was almost perfect. I stared at it about 15 minutes before I decided to not put it back in. Put the clevite in and it plastigauged out to .0015. That was with lube in the upper shell because it is harder/less safe to put the upper shell in with the motor in without lube. Still a good reading. If the rest of the rod bearings look this good I'll replace them, but I think I'll leave the main girdle alone. Installing the mains with the engine in sucks.
Cylinder cross hatch is very visible still. 95,000 miles.
