my slant buildup

halfafish Ill send a PM.

on another note; my son came by for a bit, and helped me set that heavy forged crank in the block (I ain't as young as I used to be) and we started assembly. I didn't get far. I have another thread asking you guys to look at the new main bearings that I (was) gonna use. As soon as I pulled them out of the box I wasn't happy. Go take a look over there, and tell me what you think of them. Usable or junk.

for what a set of new mains costs, and for how important they are to a good build, I ordered another set. Cheap insurance. The place I used, I have bought other stuff from in the past, they ship quick and have a ton of new parts that we can all use, but made back in the day. Brands you may have forgotten, even exist. have always gotten free shipping from them.

As I said, I've used them before and this is the 1st questionable part I got from them. there are actually 2 usernames on Ebay, both from Cypress,Tx, and the products they sell are very similar. and they may have duplicates of the same part but from a different manufacturer, sometimes with a pretty good price difference. One is "Spark Surplus" and the other is (I think, have to check) djd16. When I got my bearings, somehow I got the mains from djd and the rod bearings from spark surplus. Got em the same day in the mail, and were the same brand as each other. I've bought more from spark surplus than djd.
But I have used both.
BTW those mains? They had them for $18.95 shipped. too bad Illinois decided to tax Ebay purchases. Still less than 1/2 what the local places want, about 1/4 the price that Napa online wants.

@halifaxhops has some competition for such things as voltage regulators and ignition boxes made when aftermarket parts were more reliable. I've bought a bunch, especially from spark surplus in the last year.
I'm probably doing things backwards now that I know about them. Usually I look for the part first, and then look to see who has the listing. and quite often, these same 2 places come up when I am looking at parts to fit 70s-80s Mopars. Very reasonable and free shipping, usually in a couple days. hopefully this helps some of you....