Well a rather annoying twist in the tale. Installed the crank the other day after completing all pre assembly prep. Everything seemed ok bar a slight bit of clearancing needed on the girdle plate. Took everything off and found a whopper of a scratch on one of my main bearings. Annoyed doesn’t come close!
I know the block and crank were crystal clean so I can only assume that my old pot of assembly lube had become contaminated with a bit of grit or who knows what. What are the odds?!?
So, yet again, a thorough clean of block and crank before sealing away on clean bags while I await new bearings to arrive….. and a NEW bottle of assembly lube by @torcousa via @nimbusmotorsport
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nickz32 ·
Yesterday, a friend was travelling on a Paris to London flight.
A man of Arabic appearance got off the plane and my friend noticed that he
had left
his bag behind.
She grabbed the bag and ran after him, caught up with him
in the terminal and handed him back his bag. He was extremely grateful and reached into his bag which appeared to contain large bundles of money.
He looked around to make sure nobody was looking and whispered "I can never repay your kindness, but I will try to....with a word of advice for
you:
Stay away from Manchester".
My friend was genuinely terrified.
"Is there going to be a terrorist attack?" she asked him.
"No ... ", he whispered back......
"It's a shithole."