Roadworthy: I once put dry sleeves in a 40's era I-H tractor. They were lots less expensive than new 4-ring pistons as I recall. My labor time was almost free in those days as it again is. I Welded a bead up the sleeve to shrink them and drifted them out. I used dry ice to install them. R&R was an all-day job for 4 cylinders. Wet sleeves on Cummins is much easier.
So my pistons are sent off to the machine shop for knurling and the crankshaft is installed in the block. I shimmed the main bearings to get 0.0015 on the rear main and 0.002 on the others. I have a set of new rod bearings but I'm short on tapered shim stock so I'm hoping I don't have to shim them to get 0.002 clearance. The crank is round but is worn 0.001 or so.
I could probably shim a couple of them but that's all. My local parts man said he doesn't deal with his engine guy anymore over some long ago argument so he can't get tapered shim stock. More news when I get my pistons back and UPS brings me more parts.
