G60 Con rod stud replacement?

[K Simmonds 10]

After some opinions on this from folks who have built up G60 engines.

 

To try and cut a long story short I dropped the oil out of a G60 MK2 I've just picked up to find a horrifying amount of debris came out with it. Mostly bit's of old head gasket by the looks of things as well as gasket sealant and other crap.

 

I'm competent mechanic myself and the idea of stripping a bottom end doesn't bother me too much.

 

Anyway I had to have a look inside for signs of damage so I started stripping the cam cover off whilst a 30 year's in profession mechanic friend went down the pit with instructions from me to drop the sump and oil pump then examine the main's one by one as in the event of oil starvation or contamination they always cop it first.

 

I went down the pit to take a look as he says everything looks fine to discover he's taken the big end caps off not the mains.

 

I knew before I sent him down there that the big end studs are single use stretch items and I would only have removed them if I'd found damage on the mains.

 

I've since inspected the mains and their fine as were the big ends and top end so I've got away will the oil contamination as far as I can see.

 

But now I to replace the big end studs which as far as I can see the head has to come off in order to get the rods out to work on them.

 

My questions are A, is there a way of replacing the studs insitu? ie fabricate a pushing tool to safely extract them from the rods.

 

And B is it really all that necessary to replace them? I'm guessing it is.

 

I could throttle the idiot! Reminds me why I NEVER normally let anyone else touch my cars, I did have a lot of faith in this guy but that gone as he obviously can't follow simple instructions.

 

I feel like going out and taking drugs:bad-words: