I've been going through some options for my engine. Option one would be a full rebuild. That would mean pulling the engine out, completely tearing it apart, machining the block and heads, probably buying a lot of new parts and putting the engine back together. Of course this gives the best results but to do that in Finland, you could buy a completely new engine with the same money.
Option two is to just replace the worn parts with the engine in the car and driving to the sunset without breaking the bank. Well, driving in about six months when the snows melt again...
As I'm not a major owner of Supercell (a small game company that was partially sold to the Japanese for 1,1 billion euros (1.5 billion dollars) last week), I think I will have to go with option two. I will buy new main bearings, rod bearings, oil pump and timing chain. And perhaps a new water pump. By replacing those, I should be able to use the engine just fine without a complete rebuild as it was not burning oil and ran well.
First I needed to know the bearing size. My old bearings had these markings:
C50E-6A338-A-B
CLEV
FoMoCo
T-77(r)
65
What I could find, it is the original size Ford small block bearing made in 1965. The original bearing that my engine left the factory with. Pretty amazing that it's not worn more that what it is...
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