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May 20, 2010 | 12:59 AM

#101

babbah

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Originally Posted by MotorHead

May 20, 2010 | 01:39 AM

#102

73StreetRace

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This is a pretty amazing story

IMO, the pushrod fell for some reason in the oil pan, then it was hit by a piston or by a crankshaft counter weight and pushed through the oil pan...
You'll probably find pieces of a broken lifter when you remove the oil pan...and perhaps many other surprises...

Last edited by 73StreetRace; May 20, 2010 at 01:50 AM.

May 20, 2010 | 02:04 PM

#103

MotorHead

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From: Who says "Nothing is impossible" ? I've been doing nothing for years.

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Originally Posted by 73StreetRace

This is a pretty amazing story

What really surprises me is the condition of the rod, it looks like a normal used rod, not one that went through a lifter bore, got hit by something with enough force to propel it through the side of the oil pan and not have a scratch on it ?

May 20, 2010 | 03:22 PM

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Clams Canino

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Originally Posted by MotorHead

As someone said way earlier in the thread; It's like the magic bullet all over again.

-W

May 20, 2010 | 04:28 PM

#105

MotorHead

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Hmmm no more info on it......conspiracy ?

May 21, 2010 | 07:55 AM

#106

73StreetRace

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Originally Posted by MotorHead

The pushrods are made of hardened steel and the oil pan is made of ductile basic steel,
so this could explain that, but no one can tell until oil pan is dropped...
The OP may find broken pieces of camshaft too...

Last edited by 73StreetRace; May 21, 2010 at 10:14 AM.

May 21, 2010 | 11:40 AM

#107

Clams Canino

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I wanna hear more too!! -W

May 21, 2010 | 12:19 PM

#108

73StreetRace

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I wanna hear more too!! -W

Why is it so long to remove an oil pan...

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May 21, 2010 | 12:29 PM

#109

jordan89

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Originally Posted by MotorHead

Hmmm no more info on it......conspiracy ?

Waiting for update.

May 21, 2010 | 07:17 PM

#110

mr mctavish

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this one is a good one, I thought this bizzare stuff only happens to me, sorry for your pain, it's certainly interesting, let us all know the outcome please.

May 21, 2010 | 07:31 PM

#111

MotorHead

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this one is a good one, I thought this bizzare stuff only happens to me, sorry for your pain, it's certainly interesting, let us all know the outcome please.

You wanna know something that is really bizarre, I had a nightmare when I was a kid I still remember today that had that a robot that looks exactly like the one in your avatar in it

May 21, 2010 | 07:40 PM

#112

comp

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You wanna know something that is really bizarre, I had a nightmare when I was a kid I still remember today that had that a robot that looks exactly like the one in your avatar in it

now the bad dreams return

May 21, 2010 | 07:55 PM

#113

mr mctavish

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From: port orange fla.

motorhead ---- its mr mctavish from the 50's tv show superman,
he was powered by kyptonite[strongest robot in the world] then prof. pepperwinkel turned him into a house maid.
p.s Ive admired your ride for 7 years, its what I would like to do, but...

May 21, 2010 | 07:59 PM

#114

MotorHead

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I thought he must have been in a movie or TV show because that's him, I'd like to tear a strip off him if I had the chance, imagine remembering a nightmare for 45 years

Thanks for the compliment about my Vette

May 21, 2010 | 08:05 PM

#115

mr mctavish

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From: port orange fla.

its just a man in a box

May 21, 2010 | 08:37 PM

#116

MotorHead

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Originally Posted by mr mctavish

its just a man in a box

Now you tell me

May 21, 2010 | 09:21 PM

#117

RU7376vettes

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I don't think I could get a rod from the cam gallery to the pan on purpose! Any chance the engine builder left one in the oil pan by mistake and it finally got sideways and pushed out. I also wonder how it could come out through the pan and hit the ground without being beat up in the process. This is sure one for the "you ain't going to believe this but book"! Can't wait to hear the Paul Harvey version after he gets it torn down.\\

After I wrote this saw the photos with valve covers removed. Would really like to see with intake removed! I have picked up pieces of a crank from a drag strip and had rocker studs pull out but nothing like this one!

Last edited by RU7376vettes; May 21, 2010 at 09:35 PM. Reason: wanted to add comment about seeing photos