[al lkosmal]

Hard to tell from the photos, but it appears to be in nice shape. This is something that you will decide for yourself, but if I was in that far, I'd take it all the way down and inspect , measure ,clean...replace, as required. I'd definitely replace the bearings (main and rod), etc. (77K miles is not much...but...you are already in there.


PS:now that you've cracked the case open, the case may require line boring.......it's a 2.7 feature. In for a dime..in for a dollar.

regards,

Al