This is a part of the rebuild process of one of my Mini engines.
It's been sent off to Rob Walker Engineering, which is a bit South of Oxford, England.
http://www.robwalkerengineering.com/
Very nice chap I may add.
The block was acid dipped to remove dirt and oil.
Rebored after a hone wasn't enough to remove some pitting on the bores. Bored out to 1293cc which meant buying Hepolite pistons from Min Its near Solihull. (very nice people as well)
http://min-its.com/
I bought some new crank bearings and opted for lead/ aluminium bearing rather than the race type Lead Indium bearings because I know Indium is a very soft metal indeed and wasn't keen on another rebuild soon.
You can scratch a crank bearing with your fingernail so care has to be taken when handling them.
Hope you like the little video. Engine building is expensive but great fun.
cheers,
Rich
http://titanclassics.com/
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