Found the culprit bearing! But, it looks as though i gotta go from the other side.....that means I gotta split the cases, I was hoping to avoid that! I have rebuilt numerous jap engines, but this will be my first Euro and my first with a counter-balancer! Looks like my summer rebuild is just starting sooner then I had planned.
It's gonna have to wait until after July, all my funds are set aside to pick up a newer EC300.