Hello fellow pelicans,
After 5 years and 25,000 miles on my first rebuild, I have to open her up again, for a rod bearing failure, most likely #2. This happened due to oil starvation, when one of the oil hoses got disconnectd due to a shoddy installation on my part...Thankfully, I did not split the case the first time, only did a top end, so now is a perfect opportunity to refresh the bottom end. The compression was good, heads are still fresh, headstuds were replaced last time, so I am hoping only the bottom end will have to be done, but I will only know for sure when I dig inside. Stay tuned.
Here is the patient, 78SC with 129,601 miles.
