Bottom End Shells

[loggyboy]

I knew the bottom end had done on my old C14SE, but ive never done any bottom end work so not sure how bad this is?

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/C14SERebuild/BigEndShells.jpg

Alos the engines been sat for some years and the bores have rusted, should I just hone them? or will they need more work?

[Stuart]

depends how deep the rust is. Try a hone, if that dosent work then its rebore time (or throw it away and buy a decent nick 2nd hand lump if you dont care much)

Were the shells ontop of each other, or opposite to make a circle?

[loggyboy]

well now you say it, i think they were on top of each other, i thought they might have slipped that way as I undone them.

[Stuart]

hard to get them to seperate? if so then thats a spun bearing.... crank regrind and oversize bearings. Upto you if you care enough to get that done, or simply chuck another 1400 bottom end in

[loggyboy]

No it all came apart quite easy.

I think il just sell the head and scrap the block as i was only doing it cuz i was bored and i had just cleared my rented garage out and that was the last thing to come home.