No, Really I'm Bubba
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Racer
Joined: May 2005
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From: Amelia Ohio
No, Really I'm Bubba
I can't believe this happened!!!!! Of all the STUPID, MORONIC, IDIOTIC. How could I let this happen.
Here is a pic of my baby before it went in.
Here's what I found when I pulled the head. A SCREW!! WTF!!!!!!!!!
Here's the piston. Is this still usable or should I pull it?
I can't believe what I'm seeing. It just makes me want to curl up into the fetal postion in a corner and die.
Here is a pic of my baby before it went in.
Here's what I found when I pulled the head. A SCREW!! WTF!!!!!!!!!
Here's the piston. Is this still usable or should I pull it?
I can't believe what I'm seeing. It just makes me want to curl up into the fetal postion in a corner and die.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Piedmont Va
St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13,'19-'20
Wow..really sorry to see that. If it were me I would replace the piston and disassemble, clean and replace rings and bearings on the entire bottom end....you might also want to think about farming it out...In my younger day's I assemebled a few engines and they never seemed to last very long...I will always go pro build in the future...
Instructor
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: St Louis Missouri
You shouldn’t use that piston. It looks like the screw punched through at the quench; you should check the rod to make sure it didn’t bend. Also check the bore if it’s all torn up you may have to punch it out to .040.
Good luck, I feel for you.
Good luck, I feel for you.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: North NJ
As long as piston walls are perfect with no grooves then I would replace the piston and head.
If you know how th screw/bolt got in there then just live and learn.
If you don't then I would look into it to avoid a repeat incident.
Good luck
If you know how th screw/bolt got in there then just live and learn.
If you don't then I would look into it to avoid a repeat incident.
Good luck
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Wilmington DE, Drive it like you stole it, 68 327 4 speed coupe
Originally Posted by bashcraft
Looks like a screw went through it. 
and you see the results..
really sorry to see that man. dont take it to hard... could have bee a bigger bolt
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Jersey
No. But I once had a wrist pin retainer fly off the pliers, across the garage and straight into the crank case of my Harley engine. I couldn't find the retainer anywhere on the floor so on a hunch I stuck a magnetic retreiver in the crank case. There it was. I couldn't have tossed it in there if I tried. Crisis averted.
Le Mans Master
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From: Wilmington DE, Drive it like you stole it, 68 327 4 speed coupe
Originally Posted by evalu8r
Ding Ding Ding Ding. You win the prize. Is that guess from experience?
I was swapping an intake once, got it all bolted up, was putting the coil braket on the intake ( before i put the carb on) had to walk away..... somehow lost the other bolt to the braket oh well got plenty o spares right
guess where it dropped
Burning Brakes
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From: Cortlandt Manor New York
If you were really a Bubba you would patch it up with JB weld and bolt it back together and then sell it to me.
All the while smiling and figuring that it is fixed properly and I will never know the difference.
When I found out and threatened to beat you to within an inch of your life you would reply "What is your problem? I have done that many times and there was never a problem. I use JB weld and super glue to fix everything."
All the while smiling and figuring that it is fixed properly and I will never know the difference.
When I found out and threatened to beat you to within an inch of your life you would reply "What is your problem? I have done that many times and there was never a problem. I use JB weld and super glue to fix everything."
Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Tampa Bay FL
Originally Posted by dosoctaves
Wow..really sorry to see that. If it were me I would replace the piston and disassemble, clean and replace rings and bearings on the entire bottom end....you might also want to think about farming it out...In my younger day's I assemebled a few engines and they never seemed to last very long...I will always go pro build in the future...