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Hi Andrew
Now you can at least get on with assembling the motor , after waiting so long for the bits to arrive and the rest ... I give you 10 out of 10 for sheer patience ..  It's a shame that all of local the places where we used to buy the parts are long gone  . I've been very fortunate with motors .. I seem to find them in reasonable shape and I get away with new rings and bearings and a polish of the crank journals with fine grade emery cloth ( a trick the local engine man told me about, it smooths down those ridges up to 1 or 2 thou high ) ... so far , never had a failure. I've done a 46 Dodge ute, a 41 Ford motor and a Jeep motor and the C8 motor and the series 1 Land Rover motor with new rings and big end bearings. I think modern oil has something to do with it too  as it seems to compensate for less than perfect tolerances .. The Ford I did had one bad rod , the new full floating rod shells ( bought from Hillman spares in Canterbury road..or was it Whitehorse road ) were loose on that rod , you could hear it knocking when cold but it stayed like that for all the time I drove it . It even passed a Tasmanian RTA roadworthy  During its life, that Ford block had suffered a crack on the very front RH bank , a very clever person had bronze welded the crack and machined it flat .. thats a skill
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike K; 28-05-09 at 16:15. 
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It certainly is a releif to have it back in my shed and ready for reconstruction
 All part of the learning curve i suppose ,Will have a better idea where to source gear from next time and what to look out for  In the end EGGE I found gives very prompt service at the best price for bearings and some motor components to suit the 216 and chevs of the 40"s for other components. Thanks for the heads up on those Mike and Jim . The rest are all most impossible to get to communicate with you Started making an engine stand last night for the rebuild 
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Have a good one Andrew Custodian of the "Rare and Rusty" 
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29-05-09, 12:35
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Quick work
And nice to see you have a Ford as your avatar.
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Film maker 42 FGT No8 (Aust) remains 42 FGT No9 (Aust) 42 F15 Keith Webb Macleod, Victoria Australia Also Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/canadianmilitarypattern
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29-05-09, 13:11
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Andrew
your avatar C8 pic looks familiar ..like the one I did in 'photoshop' years ago ... dont worry ..you can use it free of charge Mike
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1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad
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