Thank you for the kind words. I know alot of you out there are do it your selfers and sometimes the information available is sketchy at best. If this helps any one of you then it really makes my day! I sometimes take it for granted that I do this every day of my life.
I pulled the engine down to the point where the rods were sticking out of the case. I am probably going to pull a couple rods out to see how the bearings look. From there.... who knows.