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Thanks mate still have much to do and learn, will get block on a stand and take a few pics over next week or so, just waiting for shells now so can resume plastigauge, it's been quite a crankshaft learning curve this week my brain is still hurting Lol will pm you at some point if that's ok have...

Finished assembly of pistons, rings and conrods, will give them a final clean before fitting, still waiting for bearings. Have a few bits to sell, have at least one too many project engines, so going to offer for sale have some 276dt parts, crank has been checked and polished, block needs hone...

When I win the lottery mate one red one British racing green Lol, Building pistons and attaching rods, fitted rings, double checked tapers against original pistons top marked anyway decided to use conrods that came with the crank from the 09 as their nearly new Fia bearings bm1013std didn't...

Can confirm have found issues with bearings with many pointers from Lr time he is absolutely spot on king mains MB4276SV do not fit 276dt even though advertised every where as so mains housing of 2.7 internally is 74.98 and the 306dt bearing is for a housing of 75.098-009 you can only fit if you...

Manage to possibly resolve issues well at least I think so mains caps in picture old shells fit almost flush 0.28 protrusion when flush at other side, new king bearing protruding 0.85 but when I fit in 306dt mains cap same 0.20ish protrusion, seems german fella may be correct, going to go to...

@gstuart Sorry mate reference salvage uk yes sounds gorgeous, go on get one you first but don't wait too long Lol, great mechanic too did a really good job, out in the yard too, some extremely difficult bolts to get to but nothing's impossible go on you know you want one all the best

Hi yes worked late into night had a nap in the heat of the day Lol re-fitted original bearings in original position and orientation and plastigauged all came out 0.038 or very close all within specification of between 0.030-0.054, then refitting new kings mb4276sv again marked for position I get...

After banging my head on the bench last night after work, can also reccomend jamaican dragon stout, came up with a plan refit original mains I marked position and location on removal, cleaned everything and re installed low and behold spot on 0.038 (see pic) going to refit kings just to double...

Hi mate yes spot on that was my first attempt three of them come out at bottom tolerance and one below in the end, going to get machine shop advice before continuing checked bearing part numbers fine all marked std, crank and block are both discovery 3, little perplexing at the moment. Maybe...

Started fitting crank today, piston coolers first, plastigauge quite difficult easy to smudge see journal 4 on pic, as mains caps are interference fit the tapping/levering can dislodge the bearing slightly making plastigauge inaccurate, need more practice but getting there all seem at bottom end...

Yes mate was spot on got all the data I needed many thanks, have been using Lucas prelube thinned with a little oil to keep rust at bay stored on trays in my cabinet can re-oil from time to time. Yes suddenly thought multiple smaller increments seemed to be working rear right now correct well...

Finished final cleaning, for now, removed main oil galley plug, you can just see number 4 journal feed flushed with brake cleaner in a pressure vessel and lots of compressed air from all directions, bolts have arrived bottom and side crank caps, and crank pulley bolt all OEM £196, starting...

Yes mate ivor Searles for machining, but saying that they are pricing me for pistons for the D4 meyle and nural, going to have the block dipped and re-bored, plucking up courage to ask for the full tour, they couldn't match price on mains and big ends. Generally now I only buy OEM quality by...

Oops did it again king std mains and con rod bearings ordered today, all bolts on order that was the shocker more expensive than all the bearings going to start assembling pistons and rods this weekend and a bit more cleaning

Picked up crank today £72 for polish and health check, they reckon its not original one nearly new, turns out Mark's on one journal was just coating from the shell, but was caught before damage occurred also priced 306dt for dipping the block, and rebore also picked up six main oil gallery plugs...

Go for OEM electrical, had last 5 out of 6 parts a couple throwing immediate fault codes, no longer buy evilbay Chinese parts, buying used parts are ok from a trusted supplier, two out of two height sensors failed, new and its replacement, shop around for OEM can be price differences

Thanks mate will put on order also have a meyle filter yes somtimes cheaper to buy two, is how I buy brake cleaner too save £5. Read through the king bearing catalogue PDF download last night have a read through most interesting. Waiting for call about crank then can order shells, Searles are...

Thanks mate yes coming up nice, indeed 5w 40 wanted to ask you what Millers you use several different flavors of fully synthetic what do you use please, just about to do oil change on 07 but have half a shell helix so just need another 5l helix, but will run new motors on millers as someone...

Took crank over to ivor Searle today seems likely to be just a check and polish, turns out they agreed it is a most likely a new crank, got a bit of a lesson in main bearings kings come in grades apparently, regular bearings are called a sputter bearing, because of its manufacture I googled it...

Sounds like a broken crank, have one here that does just the same, would say the more you run it the more damage, doesn't always destroy block, but mostly, oem cranks are available, keeping my fingers crossed its something less serious all the best