Rods in my Head, Part 2
Just started the rebuild job on my 1974 Duster slant six and found this. If you recall, several years ago I asked if anyone had ever seen these funny looking rods in their engine castings. Apparently, they are part of the sand casting process and are not a part of the engine itself. Mother Mopar apparently decided that it was too much work to extract them after the part (cylinder head, block, etc.) was cast, so they just left them in there to live in your motor forever. Anyhow, my manifold came off yesterday and there it was - that pesky metal rod that I decided to extract through the thermostat hole. Here's a photo of what I pulled out. As far as I know, there was only one of these in the head. Took some pulling, but it was remarkably un-rusted after extraction. It looked like a piece of green-ish colored heavy coat hanger material. So am I the only one out there who cares about this stuff? It just bothers me to no end knowing that something that doesn't belong there is floating around in my cylinder head. Thoughts, anyone?
Just started the rebuild job on my 1974 Duster slant six and found this. If you recall, several years ago I asked if anyone had ever seen these funny looking rods in their engine castings. Apparently, they are part of the sand casting process and are not a part of the engine itself. Mother Mopar apparently decided that it was too much work to extract them after the part (cylinder head, block, etc.) was cast, so they just left them in there to live in your motor forever. Anyhow, my manifold came off yesterday and there it was - that pesky metal rod that I decided to extract through the thermostat hole. Here's a photo of what I pulled out. As far as I know, there was only one of these in the head. Took some pulling, but it was remarkably un-rusted after extraction. It looked like a piece of green-ish colored heavy coat hanger material. So am I the only one out there who cares about this stuff? It just bothers me to no end knowing that something that doesn't belong there is floating around in my cylinder head. Thoughts, anyone?
