Tommy, if you still have everything apart ... I *highly* recommend you send your rods to Jerry for reconditioning. Its easy to check to see how far out of round they may be and I can personally vouch for Jerry's expertise at this. You ought to take him up on his offer!
By the way, I watched him knurl my piston skirts -- it was pretty neat ... In a Mennonite machine shop, by a window (for light) on an ancient lathe powered by belts from a 6-71 Detroit. Talk about "Old School"
