OK Guys, need some serious help!!
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I guess a magnet may have been able to fish this screw out through a plug hole but you would have likely taken it apart anyway to check for damage.
Almost 400 posts in this thread. Do you win a prize for that?
Al least you got to start your engine after your build. I never got to start mine.
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I'm glad you figured it out finally but that sucks that it's costing you money.
I guess a magnet may have been able to fish this screw out through a plug hole but you would have likely taken it apart anyway to check for damage.
Almost 400 posts in this thread. Do you win a prize for that?
Al least you got to start your engine after your build. I never got to start mine.
I guess a magnet may have been able to fish this screw out through a plug hole but you would have likely taken it apart anyway to check for damage.
Almost 400 posts in this thread. Do you win a prize for that?
Al least you got to start your engine after your build. I never got to start mine.
It's warming up and I want the car on the road, not in the garage.
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this is what I was refering to when I said I didn't get to start mine.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1995473
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Keep us posted!
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I don't blame you for a second. it has already dragged out for weeks.
this is what I was refering to when I said I didn't get to start mine.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1995473
this is what I was refering to when I said I didn't get to start mine.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1995473
I decieded I'm to anxious to get it done, and anxious is when mistakes are made, like dropping a screw down the hole, or setting the car on fire. No point in working on the car while distracted.
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Just got back from the shop.
It was..................................... ..............................
A DISTRIBUTOR CAP SCREW.
Now, I have to admit, I did see one fall when I took the cap off, but nowhere near the intake.
My only guess is that it fell into an injector hole? I have no idea. When it dropped I thought it disappeared into the depts of the wiring harness and never thought the angle which it fell would have come near the intake.
I thought it was more likely one of the nuts that I was using to stud the Super Ram as they were all over the place.
I can't believe it.
So, we're waiting on the new piston and rod, just going to change them to be safe.
I am loading pics as I type....soon to come.
I feel like Kramer in the ASSMAN episode:
"One in a million shot doc, one in a million"......
It was..................................... ..............................
A DISTRIBUTOR CAP SCREW.
Now, I have to admit, I did see one fall when I took the cap off, but nowhere near the intake.
My only guess is that it fell into an injector hole? I have no idea. When it dropped I thought it disappeared into the depts of the wiring harness and never thought the angle which it fell would have come near the intake.
I thought it was more likely one of the nuts that I was using to stud the Super Ram as they were all over the place.
I can't believe it.
So, we're waiting on the new piston and rod, just going to change them to be safe.
I am loading pics as I type....soon to come.
I feel like Kramer in the ASSMAN episode:
"One in a million shot doc, one in a million"......
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Here's the pics, I should be able to just have the head ground smooth based on the location and not have a problem:
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I am pleased if you found the stethoscope suggestion useful. I also said I was sure it was external rather than internal. I was certainly wrong about that. The good news is that you have located the problem. Now you can progress from here.
RACE ON!!!
RACE ON!!!
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It's just a minor setback. You'll be driving that Vette before you know it.
It's real easy to drop something down the intake or injector hole. That's why as soon as I get my intake off I duct tape every hole.
I had a feeling you lost a screw or nut down an injector hole and mentioned that on page 2.
I've made some mistakes too, we all do.
It's real easy to drop something down the intake or injector hole. That's why as soon as I get my intake off I duct tape every hole.
I had a feeling you lost a screw or nut down an injector hole and mentioned that on page 2.
I've made some mistakes too, we all do.
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Though I'm curious how much cutting of the head you will do, and how it will effect compression on that side. Let us know.
The cylinder is fine?? wow.
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Yep, it sure helped. Thanks.
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Since the screw landed in the edge the head, inside the gasket, I do not believe I will cut the head. HOWEVER, I am waiting for the machine shop to get back to me on that.
Should be an easy fix.
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Ya know, looking at those pictures, I realize that the screw could not have landed in a better spot. Further toward the end, it would have destroyed the cyl wall, a little toward the middle could have trashed the valve. All in all, a pretty lucky hit where it was...