well...and the winner is...

the scraper!

I mean...REALLY!...damn!...talk about Incorrect fit!

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...cat=2&size=big

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...cat=2&size=big

http://www.clubhotrod.com/photopost/...cat=2&size=big

I hoped to find something obvious, but...this...
well...I'm lucky that, besides leaving some scratchmarks on the counterweights, there wasn't any other damage done to the bottom-end, because, seeing this, I realise it could have ended much worse!

The other thing I found...a little bit of water in the oilpan, mmm...it looks like it came inside through the distributer shaft...
I'm having a closer look into that this week.
grtz,
Tom