| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 | The amount of damage on that crank journal might be more than regrinding will fix. It's uncommon for cranks to be ground more than .030" undersize unless you have a source for those scarce and expensive smaller bearings. The tractor bearings I described require some custom resizing of the connecting rod. They're not a direct-swap situation with regular 235 rod bearings.
I'd definitely suggest doing a little massaging of the center of the oil pan before you reassemble the engine. It looks like there's a much closer relationship between the rods and the pan than I've seen in the past. Jerry
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