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Update: I got the crank back from the machine shop. They polished the mains and reground the rod end journals. I Plasti-gauged all the bearings and they all fell in tolerance. I installed new bearin ...

Sorry Wes, When I right click on the photo I get the option of "copy link" so that's what I've pasted. I'll figure it out one of these days.

The rod ends all show wear, but the mains all look g ...

Here's a look at the crank case. The mains look oK.
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John this is the wrong link to put between the bracketed [img] ...

Thanks for the help Wes. Give me day or two and I'll post a pic of the upper bearings. I'm going to start taking it apart tomorrow.

I've got the tranny cover installed and the latches on. I coul ...

All the machining was done by the shop. I assembled the engine myself. The pistons, bearings and valves were all new. I checked and blew out all the galleries. I may have missed something. I believe i ...

I don't have a photo gallery and haven't figured how to upload a pic to my post. Still looking.

Well, it's not good news. I removed the front crank bearing and it looked OK. I removed the #1 and #2 rod end bearing caps and there was considerable scoring of the bearings. I took a measurement of ...

The filter is the original canister type filter from a good supplier. I'm assuming that the main crank shaft bearings would most likely be where the problem is. I didn't Platigauge the bearings when ...

I ran 10w-30 oil and the short trips were about 5-10 minutes. The crank was ground and new bearings all around .10 over. I can't remember the clearances at the moment, but I went right with the manual ...

I flushed the oil galley and ran a small bore brush down the galley.

The oil pump's from Midwest.

I cleaned the pickup before assembly, but I admit to not taking it apart. I just flushed it in the parts washer.

I also took the oil pump apart. The rotors look new and tight. They pass all the inspection criteria. There was one shim with the spring. It was a shy short of the static length mentioned in the manua ...

The coolant stays at 180 constant with no fluctuations.

I need help with an M38 engine oil psi problem. I’ve searched the forum, but my problem seems a little odd compared to most of the posts. The engine has been completely overhauled and I assembled the ...

I didn't have the tool shown in the TM, so I used the primer handle to flex the diaphragm and then tightened down the screws. It seemed to work. SO far so good.


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