Conrod removal

[Robert Leigh]

Thanks for that.

Thinking about it a little more..all I want to do is replace a little end pinch bolt in #1 rod. The reason being when I replaced teh rings/honed the block I noticed #1 pinch bolt was broken and I didn't have another bolt to suit so made a bolt - but it wasn't high tensile. So now I have night sweats thinking it might come loose, fall out, make a hole in the crankcase and let the gudgeon pin damage the bore.

So, I'm wondering if I can get to this from below with just the sump and gauze removed?

Zeto' and David.
It gets worse.  I'm running an original case with original crank and rods!

Your concern about the non-high tensile bolt is very valid: I had the head come off a new high tensile bolt in our Ulsteroid engine. I only checked after my wife said it was noisy. At that stage the rod was cracked as well.
Robert Leigh