HI Bearing man - do you have any idea what the mileage was on the CX - I realise that it had been through a river or 2 - but just wondered on the mileage?
It was only about 700 miles, but the owner had not been very nice to it Don't panic! Not many motors are as bad as this when I open them up.
When the motor is this bad, it's normally because they have tried to change the main motor bearing themselves, and not got the motor cover back on properly. When this happens water can flood in