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Thanks Craig, that's great to hear. There's so much conflicting information on the internet, it's hard to know what to trust sometimes. Loctite it is then, something like 638 seems to fit the bill, 'High strength, high temperature, oil resistant retaining compound'. Machining it looks like much more...

Fingers crossed I'll be on the road again in time for the summer. ;) Er... I didn't say which summer did I? :oops: Still alive, just life and work getting in the way of more important things. Anyway, I still have boxes of condor bits under the bed which I dug out again the other day, looking again ...

Well, I definitely think the original big end is past its best... http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac156/GasMark5/DSC_0513.jpg http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac156/GasMark5/DSC_0510.jpg And this is only about half of the bearing cage / rollers, the rest was fairly evenly distributed around the...

Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely be getting one of those. The original one was seriously hard to remove, I much prefer socket heads. I was under the impression that if a crank was rebuilt with parts the same weight / dimensions as the original, it only needed aligning accurately, the weight distr...

Just a minor update, as progress has been slow due to studying physics full time, and a life in general getting in the way. Anyway I popped over to Dave's house a few weeks ago to cook some engine parts in his oven, as I have been banned from doing that in my house ( :roll: ). Most of the bearings c...

Thanks again for all your help Craig, I've just spoken to Chris and I'll pop over next week to split the crankshaft. I suspect after that it will be a matter of going without food or heating for a few weeks before I can afford to do anything else on this engine, but I'll keep you all updated. :P As ...

P.P.S. Are the dimensions of the con-rod the same for both 250 and 350cc mark III engines?

Thanks Jon - that saved me a lot of confusion! Wish I hadn't taken off that return spring now, looks like it will be fun to refit. There is a significant amount of play in that shaft though, I'll probably have to take it apart and make sure all the correct shims are in place anyway. I left my microm...

Hello everyone, I'm new here, not strictly a Ducati owner, but I have a 1976 Condor A350 which at least has a Ducati engine, and as I am currently rebuilding the engine I thought I better sign up here. http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac156/GasMark5/DSC_0025.jpg For those who don't know, they were...