HL- that is not a bad idea, the crankshaft is smooth and appears to be round. Not sure though without further inspection. The Guy I bought the truck form owned it for some time and made Church Mice look wealthy. So I figure he had fixed whatever he had to. I will probably go through the rebuild just because so many parts of this motor are very worn. To be honest, I am suprised it lasted this long. It will also give me an excuse to pull the front bodywork and the engine and trans and clean everything. BUt the thought did cross my mind. Did I mention the gap between the side of the rod caps and the crank is around .024 on most of them, the all very a little. Lots of side play, and the compression was pretty low.
Has anyone use the chev's of the 40's master engine kit, does Carter have the equivalent. My local Carquest has a really decent machine shop and they will completely rebuild the engine for me, with the components of my choice. Lately with work time is something I do not have much of. But, I could put the engine stand in my garage and rebuild it here, jobbing out the machine work.
