Dizzydean
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Finally got to tearing into my motor. Not quiet sure what went wrong except the obvious. Its still in the car so Ill have to post more as time goes on & I get more apart.
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Looks like a rod bolt came loose?
fanofpetty
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Wow , that's pretty ugly...
Robbie2734
Lambcharger
Aww, a little JB weld and then buff it out! WOW, that must have made some noise!
DFootCuda
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What were you doing when that rod let loose ? could not have been fun .
mopar head
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Looks as though it cracked your bell too?
Dizzydean
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Dizzydean
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Just put it back together from checking the rods in the driveway. Pulled the plugs and ran a wire down to check the strokes of each piston due to a noise I heard. Turned out to be the torque converter bolts were to long so I replaced them and turned the engine by hand. The noise went away so I buttoned everything back up fired it hit the pedal twice and the rest is history..
Dizzydean
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1wild&crazyguy
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you either didnt torque them enough...or you put the rod cap on backwards...or it was gonna go anyways...
either way...it looks like the rod bolt/s gave
the pic below is of a members ''grinder'' 's 67 dart, he lost a rod in nevada...and drove it home to oceaside with a t shirt and cardboard stuffed over the hole. We he got to my house we pulled the head and found the piston and rod sitting almost at tdc...so it did not hit the crank and lock it up.
either way...it looks like the rod bolt/s gave
the pic below is of a members ''grinder'' 's 67 dart, he lost a rod in nevada...and drove it home to oceaside with a t shirt and cardboard stuffed over the hole. We he got to my house we pulled the head and found the piston and rod sitting almost at tdc...so it did not hit the crank and lock it up.
Dizzydean
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I wonder if thats a common spot. My big bummer is that I had less than 1 hour run time. Oh well live & learn.
hypermite
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A good friend of mine traded a set of cheap chrome wheels for a 74 slant 6 powered Scamp that had the very same hole in the block, it ran & he drove it home like that. We called it the slant five. lol
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