I'm really sorry to hear that, especially after everything you've gone through so far.
Well, it's terminal.....
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Well, it's terminal.....
Oil heat and pressure problems are a spun bearing...
Now to figure out where TF to go from here.
Anyone in northern NJ that can help me pull a motor?
I guess at this point I'm looking at this:
http://www.golenengineservice.com/ht...rt_blocks.html
I'm considering the 383.....comments?
Now to figure out where TF to go from here.
Anyone in northern NJ that can help me pull a motor?
I guess at this point I'm looking at this:
http://www.golenengineservice.com/ht...rt_blocks.html
I'm considering the 383.....comments?
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ther was a forum supplier from down south a couple of weeks ago offering several levels of engine builds-with free shipping. Thought I book marked it but it's no where to be found. If you need some help, I live in Morris County but work in Franklin Lakes. I can offer an extra set of hands-PM me if needed
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ther was a forum supplier from down south a couple of weeks ago offering several levels of engine builds-with free shipping. Thought I book marked it but it's no where to be found. If you need some help, I live in Morris County but work in Franklin Lakes. I can offer an extra set of hands-PM me if needed
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My thought is that the bearings were border line and when I did the mods and increased the compression, from 10.25 to 10.5, that it just made an existing problem worse....
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My dad said something similar....The problem is that there's metal in the pan, and there's no point in running the risk in trashing the rest of the motor. The cam, lifters, rockers, all still salvageable.
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I spun a rod bearing years ago in a built 327. I also had metal in the pan, turned out to be rod bearing metal, the crank was slightly gouged, I polished it by hand and checked the rod as much as possible, re-installed a standard bearing and ran it for years without a problem. I was told that the very slight gouge in the crank would not represent a problem if polished out. Worked for me. Good luck. Oh, and I never pulled the engine.
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I spun a rod bearing years ago in a built 327. I also had metal in the pan, turned out to be rod bearing metal, the crank was slightly gouged, I polished it by hand and checked the rod as much as possible, re-installed a standard bearing and ran it for years without a problem. I was told that the very slight gouge in the crank would not represent a problem if polished out. Worked for me. Good luck. Oh, and I never pulled the engine.
I know how jsup feels though. If any of that is hard metal and in his gallies it could tear the rest up. Better to have it hot tanked and rebuilt.
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I was thinking about you this past weekend. It was 85* while out cruising so I was watching my guages and thought about taking a picture and posting it on here for you to compair. Something had to be terribly wrong to have oil temps that high. I take it that when you say cyl. 1, you mean connecting rod bearing spun? Better replace that rod. More then likely, even if you didn't hear any knocking, the rod is damaged and needs replaced. Probably wouldn't hurt to have the crank throws indexed. For some reason, when a rod bearing goes like that. It sends metal shavings up into the cam bearings.
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John,
Sorry to hear about this. Let me know if you need a hand.
Randy
BTW Golen looks like your best bet for a new engine. But you could go w/ a 383 crate engine thats brand new.
Sorry to hear about this. Let me know if you need a hand.
Randy
BTW Golen looks like your best bet for a new engine. But you could go w/ a 383 crate engine thats brand new.
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I'd suggest rebuilding as a 383. I had mine done by Paul Thompson, SloRVette. It took a while, but the results were outstanding 
