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Hello There, I have recently rebuilt a super major engine that was fitted in an old boat due to issues with coolant ending up in the sump due to corroded cylinder liners. The engine now starts and runs beautifully and seems to have a lot more power than before. However i have noticed that when warm ...

Thanks all, for your help and advice, just received the parts from agriline , feels like christmas has come early with the myriad of boxes i have to open!

sorry Pavel, my bad , not the machine shops, i did mean Oversize ! i do have a cheap digital caliper, i wasnt sure if the accuracy of this would be sufficient but i will try it tomorrow, il also order some plastigauge. On looking at the shells, there is very little visible wear or scoring compared t...

Hi, i may have pictures of it somewhere so i will try and dig them out, im sure you are right about it being a ford replacement, whether it was marinsed from you or not i do not know, i think a few firms offered marine engines based on the 4 d . i havent miked the crankshaft journals yet but i did n...

Thanks Gents, il have a look at that now, I notice that the kit contains valve guides, im guessing that these require use of some sort of press or puller tool to replace?

Hi all, first id like to say what a useful and friendly forum this looks to be and that im very glad to have stumbled across it! Iv got a marinised version of a 4D in an old boat, from what i can make out after much internet research i think it is probably based on an industrial engine rather than o...