The actual #3 "bearing surface" of the block and cap are much worse than the thrust surface IMHO. #2 & #4 have some issues too. Not sure that they are THAT common, but I'm going to see if you can find another one. It looks like it's going to need enough align-boring that I'm afraid I'll have to source one of those short (read $$$) timing chains. Since the engine was free, maybe I can make some $ back at the scrapyard!! And the machine shop shop felt sorry for me when they sae the damage so they didn't charge me for the hot-tank. Right now I'm only out some time. Bill M 65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html 73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 05 Ram 2500 CTD, 4WD, QC, LB, Laramie 21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3 On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Bill, > > Poly 318 blocks are a dime a dozen and most people will thank you for > hauling the whole engine away for free. I recommend looking around your > neighborhood and talking to the local car club members as someone will have > "boat anchor" that you can just haul away and may even buy you a couple > beers for your trouble. > Gary Pavlovich > -- -- Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.