I've been doing some homework and some thinking -- A couple of worries I had is now busy getting sorted.
The engineering shop says they can machine the cylinder oversize to accept a sleeve. I suggested they shouldn't machine more than 3 a side out the bore, and they found a suitable sleeve in the catalog. I ordered the sleeve through a parts store and I was promised that will get the sleeve this coming Tuesday.
The seized camshaft is another headache - Only the shaft and the bushes are damaged, but I can only get a complete camshaft. Nobody keeps stock of the shaft only. So I decided to machine the ends of the shaft and make new under-size bushes. I'll go see the engineering steel supplier next week and see if they can identify the cast bush material and supply that. I don't expect it to something weird other than some close grained cast iron. I wonder why this bush was not made of bronze like the other side? I recon IF the cast iron turns out to be a problem, then bronze might just do the trick. Maybe the end float bearing faces of a bronze bush will wear quicker than the cast iron?
I received my invoice from Dev Precision, and I think I'll click the pay button. I'm getting a new gudgeon pin (wrist pin), new small end bush, new rings and new diesel pipes (Pump to injector and injector leak-off). $48 + $37 shipping = $85.
Anyway, my changeover installation is done! It was a full day's work to do the wiring in the DB and then crawl through the roof to get to the generator in the garage that is separate from the house. (About 32 meters worth of cable). It's now just a matter of starting the generator and flipping the changeover to get things back to normal. I have a 5Kw and a 1.8Kw generator. Depending on what work I need to get done in the house is just a matter of plugging in the generator of choice. The 5Kw logs the most hours, but if we just sit and watch TV with some lights on I get the small machine on line. It's much more forgiving on fuel consumption - it just battles a bit when the two fridges start at the same time...
Generators:
Changeover next to DB board