Good point, I've got a bottle of pretty old 15w40 mineral oil I will use for the con rod bolts and mains then. I guess I will use it for installing the pistons as well
Ok I have decided to use the original con rods I took out of the engine, which I will check for out of round after I press in the new bolts. The ones you see in the picture I am just not happy with. I think the caps may be mismatched.BUT!!! I'm in the process of installing the crank, but it is binding when no4 cap is tightened. I have torqued all the others up and the crank spins lovely, but as soon as no4 is tightned it binds. I then removed all caps, took out the no4 upper bearing and put a used (good condition) one in. Placed the crank and only installed no4 cap with an old (good condition) bearing. I then torqued the bolts and the crank bound again!!What is going on?The crank was polished.
...BTW your Bieber avatar is awesome.-Malone