Introduction from a New Owner!

[Ian Williams]

My suggestion if the crank journals appear smooth is mic them for ovality and if the are round....which is probably unlikely looking at the overall condition but you may get lucky. But if they are actually round then crankshaft out and have it crack tested. If that's good then remove the shims and see if that allows the bearing metal to be skimmed to fit the journals...which again is unlikely. BUT you could source a used set of rods inexpensively which could actually be resized, I know Ruiaridh can do this work for you but there are probably others in the UK. If all the above is a bust then it will get expensive with new crank rods etc required.