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| | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | I agree with Ralphy. Keep the '54 - the insert bearings and the improved oil system (and higher oil pressure) are worth having.
Ralphy refers to "rod bearing maintenance" on the babbitted rods. One trick I learned when working in a shop in 1970 was when the rod bearings reached the point that no shims were needed (measured using plastigage), you could get a little more life by filing the mating surfaces between the rod and rod cap to make a tighter fit against the crank (he called it a shade-tree trick).
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