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Originally Posted by russellw
It's the aluminium block so it can't be rebored anyway. The rods are 'sintered' with a built-in notch where they are broken to fit on the crank and the joint shouldn't be disturbed.According to Ford, the block will distort if the mains are removed and there are plenty of comments around the interweb that support this.
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The alloy block has liners but i have no idea if it is possible to remove and replace them, maybe the block is cast around them.... I'm pulling it apart anyway, even if it's just to have a look, up to removing #1 piston. The big end bearing still looks serviceable, a bit of wear. Surprised that there isn't any positive location at all for the bearing shells..
I have 1600 blocks from the early seventies that i can pull apart and rebuild time and time again. To have a little over 15 year old engine that you can't even do a basic refresh on, well, that's an advance in technology right there isn't it....