Crank is out again...

I had a dark spot on cylinder #3's connecting rod bearing surface when I assembled my short block. It bothered me no end.... I opened it up last night to inspect it with a friend who's built more motors than me. Know what I found? The top layer of metal was ETCHED with an acid or something and a section of it LIFTED OFF when I tried to clean it! Almost as if it was bad chrome, it flaked off. I'm soooooo happy I opened it up and did a little poking & prodding now instead of after re-build #3. The crank goes back to the maching shop this weekend.

I'm beyond being fed up at this point....:mumum: