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Old Dec 19, 2019 | 11:00 PM
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Con rod order...

I'm in the process of disassembly of my 351w and I see the connecting rods are not in the corresponding cylinders(for example he stamp on the con rod & cap says #4 and it came from #5 cylinder). I will be purchasing new pistons for the rebuild.
My question...
when assembling should I place the rod/cap in the correct cylinder or Return the rod/cap to the cylinder it was prior.
will it matter?
In advance...thank you
 
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Old Dec 20, 2019 | 07:07 AM
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You find that a lot in reman engines, tore one down that had 3 # 3 rods and 2 # 5 rods, seemed to have worked for many miles, but we put 1 through 8 rods in the correct place.
 
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Old Dec 20, 2019 | 07:11 AM
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It doesn't matter as long as the rods are oriented towards the journal radius correctly.
 
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