New member hello & APD rebuild

[Tony Griffiths]

Thank you everyone for the continued thoughts.

So I've dropped my crank off to be crack tested and the 37 head to be skimmed flat. Presuming all is ok everything else will get cleaned up and thrown back together and we'll see how it runs. As I see it, if it weren't for the flooding I'd have happily put some fresh oil in and gone for a drive. This is several steps better than that and so more than good enough to get me on the road. I shall hold off on any further tuning, beyond the head, for now.

In terms of the rods, I've decided to risk it. Looking at the helpful picture Ruairidh has posted, I believe my rods have been probably been cracked tested reasonably recently, as I can see the same silverish colouring on them.



So now I wait with fingers crossed to see if the crank is ok! Will hopefully know end of the week/early next week.

In the meantime maybe I should get back to finishing off those brakes I was avoiding!

Here's a con rod which failed after less than 6 months, it weighs 100 KG 

That looks like the one you told me about with the sharp 90-degree section at the base that burst through the crankase and narrowly missed two men.