Hi all
Yes, the modified timing side cover is etched P0093 and the oil pump has had SRM etched on the sealing plate- I will give them a call since I need to have the barrels reworked anyway, plus a spacer dropped out that when I split the cases (a specific bit they added) - but I didn't expect it and didn't see where it came from
So, it most certainly is an SRM job since I sent it to them and then drove a couple of hundred miles to collect it, and remember the payment wince.
I had had it done since the 'big' ends are small and were already -40. Plus I had scoring on the main oil side journal (bearing had had it when I bought it) - Rather than find a new crank, I went for the conversion.
I appreciate the doubt about the thread strip issue - but as a time served toolmaker, I can assure everyone that it was not the removal - I had dressed the center punch marks away and really did not give it a big belt - it just tipped and moved down the hole a thread or so - There is silicon seal hanging to some of the threads which is odd - I would have expected Loctite?
But for the sake of the debate, what if the plug was sealed OK, where else to look?
This is all a curious issue - but in the end, it's just a matter of metal and money
It WILL run again