In your previous post you queried about installing a .002 shim on the rod to gain a little clearance. It’s the second time you mentioned it. Hot rod Lincoln previously advised you that the rods in your motor should never be shimmed. If that wasn’t enough warning, let me warn you a second time, no shims on the rods. Those are precision bearings that require the proper crush, clearance and clamping force to be round, stay in the rod and work as they should. Installing a shim is just an invitation to a rod bearing failure. So scratch that one off your list of possible solutions. Believe me, having that kind of catastrophic failure is no fun at all.
Re measure the journal. If it comes up to specification, clean everything up, then coat the bearing with lubriplate’s white engine assembly lube.
https://www.movingupgaragedoors.com...msclkid=fb5669cc71b710217e8509f76540e0ec Then see if it turns, by hand, not using the starter. If it does, you are good to go.
