Another good day. Started out with the front off the engine this morning. Got the back end off, but left the clutch basket on, supposed to slide off, but that wasn't going to happen. Took out the bolts, counted them. Then started on splitting the case. A little heat along the top split, some judicious tapping with a drift and hammer, kept at it then a small opening. Exploited the opening and eventually got the cases split:
Still lots of daylight and Kept at it. No broken bolts, only stripped one screw, will have the machine shop remove, I'd just bugger it up and don't want to damage the case. Been a good day, all apart, pictures taken, used lots of ziploc bags. Friday came early:
Have used a centre punch to ensure the con rod and journal bearings are matched.
Wanted to get at the con rod and journal bearings to see what the damage is. Overall not bad, have seen worse. The con rod bearing ID Codes are "2" for all four con rods and the OD is B for all. This indicates that the bearing size is "Brown". The crank journal bearing OD code is "3" for all three journals. The ID code according to the markings: are:
front journal bearing - II, centre journal bearing - I, rear journal bearing - I. This indicates that the front journal bearing colour code is "Black", centre and rear is "Brown".
Here are the con rod brg pics:
Journal Bearings - centre:
Rear Journal:
have to redo the pics of the front journal
Interesting that with all the bearings, the front journal bearing being the odd one out, it has a black colour code on it. Me thinks that the "Brown" bearing size was the defacto standard and only the bearings that were not this size are marked.
More work to do, pics to post and plastigage to do. Cheers