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Okay, finally picked the engine up from glass blasting. So finally I can get started on the slow boring process of unwrapping duct tape from the casing and cleaning up the horrible mess, I’d rather spend too much time cleaning up the casing than too little - this is where it pays to be patient and do your best, if not the glass/aluminum grit will kill the engine, once started.

Okay, I usually don’t shoot pictuers without flash, but I just couldn’t bring out the details on this picture without it. So bear with me. I have taken the liberty of removing some of the duct tape already, to see wether the gasket surfaces were hurt or not. No problems found yet, so it all looks good.

Hurray! I called the company that was supposed to glass bead my engine casing and it seemed that it has been ready for a while, although they never called me? - Hmm no big deal, I’m going to pick it up in the morning, as soon as I find someone that can help me with the transportation, the alternative could be a taxi.
I’ll post some pictures of the result as soon as I get home. I can’t wait to get started on this.

Hey, I’ve got some good news this time. I have been wondering a lot on how to figure out the connecting rod bearing color codes, because I really couldn’t make up the indications on the crank shaft. Anyways, I opened the rods to look at the bearing conditions, the half shell bearings for connecting rod #1 and #4 looked OK, with no scratches whatsoever. But number #2 and #3 both had some minor scratches, they didn’t look as bad as the main bearings but I’m glad I took them apart to check them anyways.

I tried measuring the current con rod bearings with plastigauge to find out if the oil clearence was out of spec, just as I did with the crank shaft main bearings. To my luck, all of the bearings were still into spec, dispite the wear on #2 and #3. When reading the original workshop manual, just one more time. I noticed a little picture that indicated the bearing color codes on the bearing itself. Those color codes were gone on the main bearings, but I gave it a shot on the big end bearings. And thankfully, there was still a thin layer of brown color, on the side of each bearing.

So, I hurried in to my computer and placed an order on 8 big end bearings at David Silver Spares. Delivery time was 7-14 days, gees. The thing I’ve come to know about David Silver Spares, is that they always tend to exadurate delivery times, so, I might be lucky having the new bearings next week.

No updates on the project, I’m still waiting for the engine block to return from the glass blasting process. I thought it was something you just delivered and they’d prepare it to the next day or something.

I guess I was wrong.