Am slowing putting the 259 engine together. Did a few things backwards however. I put in the camshaft and installed the cam gear. Then put the main bearings in the block and torqued the crank (brand new std size). I took the old sim (thickness unknown) from the old crank and installed it along with the thrust washer. I am now working on "End Play". Trying to follow the shop manual as outlined (page 46). I put a piece of steel pipe with the same internal diamater as the snout and torqued the crankshaft bolt. When I measured the space between the thrust plate and the bearing I get .006. I could not detect any movement at all on the crank when I tried to move it with a bar, as outlined in the shop manual. IS THAT NORMAL? If that method of measuring is OK, should I now remove the cam gear and removed the crackshaft shim to reduce it as the manual says it should be between .001 and .006, or should I live with .006?
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