The micrometers, standards, and the bile were put in the shed overnight with the heater on. The goal was to get everything to 20 degrees C or 68 degrees F. The crank was turned forward as far as possible for measuring. The journal diameters were measured on the right side, left side, and in the middle. The crank was turned backwards as far as it would go and be measured. The journals were measured on both sides and in the middle.
The sets of measurements were at 90 degrees to each other. The measurements show the journals are round and not worn with one exception. The right journal, where the rod pushes on it with maximum force during combustion, is worn 0.0001 inches more than elsewhere on the journal. This is not a big deal. The left rod journal is 0.0003 inches bigger than the right journal. It appears to have been made that way. This might be a big part of my problem.
This is a problem I did not detect during years of Plastigage measurements. Monday I will take the rods to the machinist and ask him to measure the big end internal diameters without the shells, with the used shells, with new "White" coded shells, and with new "Red" coded shells. The white ones are a little bit larger than the red ones.
This micrometer set was thrown into the recycle dumpster when my brother's company closed their R & D machine shop. The guy that tossed them was following orders and he felt bad about it so he told my brother who is a mechanical engineer. My brother swooped in and fished the mikes out along with a bunch of other stuff before the recycle guys came.