Thanks for your words & time Grumpy.
I realise it is hard to comment from your distance.

The images below show the 2 pistons, the bottom one is my spare.
The connecting rods are mumbered differently, not sure about that.

The image of the bearing shells are off the spare aswell.
They are damaged/marked as you can see.

I used my finger nail to try & pick up scratchs on the crankpin.
It was smooth as a babys you know what in places, but I did feel ever so small grooves with my finger nail in other places.

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Happy is he who penetrates the mystery of things.