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AzzAW93
5th November 2013, 22:13
Started stripping down my newly purchased 16v engine. the engine had a yellow J4 painted on the side so i guessed it was in a scrap yard once apon a time. anyway apon stripping down and inspecting i found the big end bearings were federal-mogul with stamped on them...
FM BN
62045 RA
U/L
STD
does anyone know if these are the original bearings?

But more importantly i found out the main bearings were ACL bearings which im lead to believe would not be the originals. stamped on those were...
ACL
2798
STD
MR09

can anyone confirm these are or are not the original bearings and also are there any other tell tale signs of a previous rebuild.
The engine is a TU5J4

thanks
Aaron