And this, ladies and gentleman, is why you do a complete tear down when you find metal in the filter.
This is cylinder #6. The bearing even appears to have mileage on the
outside (i.e. it's a spun bearing).
tick, tick, tick...boom. I read that somewhere.
The good news for today is that it appears that my crank is in pretty good shape. I believe a basic polishing of the journals and I'll be okay.
The good.
The bad. My main bearings are ugly.
So, it's apart. I'd appreciate the opinions of anyone who has actually turned wrenches themselves on a M96 engine, or at least an engine, on what I've uncovered.
I've got a couple of local shops picked out that do ultrasonic cleaning. They happen to be shops that build hot rods, so I'm assuming they can also handle polishing a crankshaft.
My wrist pins look great.
"Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?"
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