<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" />Howdy Guys
Hey parts have become so consistant in their sizes that I have quit using plastigage all together. Maybe if I were building a 1/4 mile engine. But the trusty old 4.2? No, hell no in fact.
About here I would measure a journal or 2 and see where I was then I think I would go for new bearings of that size. Using only the bottoms of the mains. I would NOT ADVISE a new guy to hone the cylinders! I would only advise scratching by hand. Then add a new piston to the one cylinder and put her back together. Heck that should get him back on the road for a long while.
If I were to do all the pistons then I would want a new cam and everything. The guy has to stop somewhere. Or not.
We are all different, with a few different ideas. I'd go cheap or all the way.
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/drunk.gif" alt="" />Big Jim