Just to clarify, does anyone have a diagram as to where the 3 gaskets go? tmm
There is a gasket under the head of the ported bolt and another on the ported bolt between the block and the adapter. The last one is the large diameter one between the block and the adapter.
Found my notebook, in the glovebox. Who would have thought?
Measuring the the bearings in the rods/mains with a bore gauge and a micrometer on the crank I got:
Mains
1 - .0028
2 - .0028
3 - .0026 - Trust clearance was .0065
4 - .0030
5 - .0027
Rods
1 - .002 2 - .0018 side - .014
3 - .0018 4 - .0019 side - .015
5 - .0021 6 - .002 side - .013
7 - .0017 8 - .0018 side - .014
Using plastigauge for the final assembly and rods read between .0015 and .002, the mains between .002 and .003.
The pick up sits a 1/2 inch off the bottom of the pan and is very parallel.
Being that the oil is clear and the filter wasn't full of bearing material I would bet that if I pulled it and tear it down I'll find nothing wrong with the bearings.
I don't buy that I have two bad gauges, but if I never looked at the gauge I wouldn't know anything is wrong. There are no other symptoms. Everything was fine until the gauge dropped.
I am going to attempt to pull the pan with the engine in the car, but I don't think that is possible.
Any other ideas?