1929 Chevrolet International - 4 Door Sedan Project by BearsFan315

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picking up the main inserts and the connecting rods and caps to ship to Russ @ Pauls'

hoping to pick them up tomorrow on my lunch break, and then ship them out by this weekend at the latest. approx 4 weeks to get them back ready to install.

11-13-2019

pick up the connection rods/pistons and the main inserts today as well as the crank

the connecting rods and shims along with the main inserts will be going to Russ out at Paul's Rod & Bearing

the crank shaft is going over to another shop that will do the work on it. clean it up, magnaflux it, then grind and polish to provide numbers for the babbitt !! same shop that will be doing the line boring of the block as well.

few shots of the bearing inserts and connection/pistons before disassembly

11-21-2019

just an update for anyone following... Parts (Mains and Connecting Rods) have been received and verified by Russ at Paul's Rod and Bearing. looking at about 4 weeks turnaround time. machine shop has NOT started on crank yet, have a few in front of it, hoping by end of month to have the done so we can send numbers to Russ.

12-4-2019

currently idling and circling the airport

waiting on the machine shop to magnaflux and grind/polish the crank so that we can get numbers to Russ @Pauls to do the babbitt.

also got update that my distributor has been rebuilt and should be on its way here in the next day or two. had 2 spare distributors and had VCCA Guru rebuild me a spare from the two, plan to use the spare as the main distributor and the current one will be my spare/emergency one. will have to post pictures of it when it arrives !!