23-03-2021, 08:16 AM
The white metal in the Riley on mine was line bored. They are plain bushes and not with caps. The rear one is in the block and the front in an aluminium cover that goes on after the crank. So no caps to worry about there. The rods are new so I am hoping they are correct! The new crank was slightly larger diameter but there was enough 'meat' in the metal to line bore them out. It is getting harder to find people who can do such things it seems. And that was in Wellington! They do say Welly is going downhill so maybe this is the wop wops now! Kind of glad I am getting out.
Colin, I had never heard of Tinopai so had to look that up. Definitely never been there but as a kid we used to holiday up in Doubtless Bay in the far north so went past (more or less) from Auckland back in the day. I don't think I have ever actually been to Dargaville even.
I am pretty sure the crank and rods and bearings as supplied will be fine but I will check them with (new) plastigauge anyway to be sure. The shells supplied are Ford Zetech apparently.
When the people who know are all gone all we will have left is these sorts of old YouTube films showing how things are done. But they don't show how things are done in the real world I guess so it's very interesting to see the comments here.
Simon
Colin, I had never heard of Tinopai so had to look that up. Definitely never been there but as a kid we used to holiday up in Doubtless Bay in the far north so went past (more or less) from Auckland back in the day. I don't think I have ever actually been to Dargaville even.
I am pretty sure the crank and rods and bearings as supplied will be fine but I will check them with (new) plastigauge anyway to be sure. The shells supplied are Ford Zetech apparently.
When the people who know are all gone all we will have left is these sorts of old YouTube films showing how things are done. But they don't show how things are done in the real world I guess so it's very interesting to see the comments here.
Simon