318 LA rebuild after losing a valve seat

pt70 said
You mentioned .040 bearings but a .030 under crank in a previous post?

That was a typo, I think I had .040 in my head because the cylinders are .040 over. (I did go and double check when I read your post though...)

krazykuda said
Did you have the crank bores in the rods redone, or just use them as is...

I get new rod bolts and have the crank bores of the rods remachined after installing the new bolts, that way the cap and rod are properly aligned and the bores are fresh and round to spec...

You need to make sure not to torque the rod bolts too much - 5 times max, to prevent stretching them too much and weakening them...

The machine shop did the bores, and said one was out of round, so he fixed that. I'm using brand new rod bolts. I'm definitely going to have a look at the bearings and caps.