Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I posted, but I've been slowly moving along with my rebuild. However, I ran into a problem. I was test fitting the front main bearing cap with the proper torque (100-110 ft/lbs) and the crank wouldn't turn at all after I tightened it. I made sure to put plenty of assembly lube on before, but still no luck. I did keep track of the shims and had them in the right place. The front bearing did have an insert style bearing, I'm not sure if that's correct or not. I did plastigauge it but it came out looking the same as when I put it in. The crankshaft does say 261 on it, I hope that doesn't mean it's from a 261 since the engine is a 216. What is causing this? Can a machine shop sort it out? Thanks
