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Yep, figured I ought to have kept a better eye on where those shims went. Of course, at that time I really didn't expect I'd want to use this engine (hindsight is always 20/20 you know). I did manage to keep the main bearing shims in place and only have two of the rod bearing shims that I can’t say exactly where they came from (there were only two rods that had any shims).

I should explain that I never actually pulled the crank completely out. Being in the hurry I was in (needed to get back home after spending few days across the mountains – the chassis and motor are still over on my uncle’s wheat farm and I live 5 hours away), I realized once I got all this apart that I didn’t have the puller to get the pully off the front of the motor. Anyway, I stuffed the crank back in, screwed the pan back on and set the motor on blocks. So, aside from where those stray shims go, setting the crank back into place should be as simple as bolting all the bearing caps back in place. I suppose I’ll try that this summer and try the diesel-down-the-hole method of trying to free it up.

By the way, I’ll scan some photos of my rig and post them in the gallery asap.