Lesser of two evils..cracked main babbit or used replacement?
Gentleman, I need some experienced engine builder advice. Save the "rebuild it", I know what is best practice, but I need to get some miles out of this engine before a complete rebuild. I posted my question a while back and some of the best here agreed to just run it, without to high of expectations. But, this weekend I bought 3 rear mains with one that has good babbitt...for $5. It looks like shelf wear scratches and very solid. I did not clean it up so the pics are as found. It appears to fit the crank very well, so my question. Would you try and use this instead of the cracked one? My thought is to assemble with prussian blue or something, Give it a few turns..carefully fit, then spec carefully on assembly. I assume this has been done before?
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