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03-12-2008 10:43 AM #1
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That was going to be my question? Unless you have a hole in the piston, is it possible it was left out?
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03-12-2008 01:14 PM #2
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I suspect that the push rod was either pulled out by mudbog or, gad, left out!!
Did the adjustment back off - or - are two cam lobes now no longer lobe shaped but wheel shaped??? Common occurrence with some 350CI '70s - '80s Chebbies. The fact that the zinc that helped lubrication of camshafts is no longer an oil additive has to make it worse. Only some diesel oils and Amsoil have a zinc additive now.Dave W
I am now gone from this forum for now - finally have pulled the plug
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I believe this was somewhere around 2015, Rick, Rosie and Johnboy
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