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I thought I was on a roll and would have my engine back together within a couple of weeks. Heads are done. Block bored 0.040, new pistons fitted, new cam bearings installed, crank ground 10-10, main bearing clearance checked out but rod clearances don't. Unfortunately I had the crank ground about 40 years ago so I can't go back to them. I'm measuring 0.0005" clearance and a little less on a couple. Id rather have 0.001. I took the crank in to a shop near me and asked to polish maybe up to 0.001 off but they say they can't. Afraid they will get out of round and can't grind that small amount off. So how do I fix this? Shop wants $400 to take the cast crank down to 10-20. Isn't there something I could do to get the clearance I desire? Does anyone know of a bearing source that might have -0.009 inserts, -0.011 are available but that's in the wrong direction for me? Nothing special on this rebuild, just street use.