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Well went driving in the car this weekend and by the end of the ride starting hearing a pretty loud tapping noise.:HMMM:
So today pulled off the valve covers and what do I see:eek:
Notice anything missing;)
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Where did the intake pushrod go?
That was going to be my question? Unless you have a hole in the piston, is it possible it was left out?
Richard
I suspect that the push rod was either pulled out by mudbog or, gad, left out!!:eek:
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.
It's probably not missing at all,just lays down in the lifter valley looking like a horseshoe. Hank
Hey Denny!....let's sell him some AFR220 heads and a ridiculous camshaft and a huge carb and then work our way down to an expensive tranny, deep gears, and high stall converter. Granted, it won't solve his problem, but it will make us fit in like the rest of the group.....sorry Mudbog, just had to throw a hump day attitude in there....:LOL:
Oh, let's not stop there yet. How about a new Merlin block, wider bore spacing for huge bores. Clearance that bad boy for huge amounts of stroke and then assure him it's a street driven car that's capable of 30 miles to the gallon no matter how it's driven.....:LOL::LOL::LOL:
Me too.....now if mudbog will do a bit of digging and give some info, the guys here can really help with out turning his life upside down......Mudbog, we're poking fun and don't mean harm here. Tell us what more you came up with please. It's something quite simple.
it's missing the valve covers right? :D
Well didn't notice the missing orange paint till Denny pointed it out :LOL:
Haven't took the manifold off yet to start looking for my missing pushrod.
I went for a little cruise on Saturday and then towards the end of the ride I started getting a pretty loud tapping noise, so I drove home and figured I would look into it later. So today I pulled the valve cover off to make sure there were no loose rocker arms or anything and BAM thats what I see, but I had to get to work so I just stuck the valve cover on for now until I get some time to tear into it.
The pushrod is somewhere in the motor:whacked: ,probably be looking for it this weekend:rolleyes:
That other pushrod at the bottom of the picture looks like it has been rubbing too, the center looks turned down somewhat where the paint is missing. Dumb question, how did orange paint get on your valvetrain? :D That's detailing to the max!! :3dSMILE:
Don
Hate it when that stuff happens!!!! Got towed into a car show once, embarrassing to say the least....... Hope the bad news doesn't get a whole lot worse.....
intake bolts are to long working on the pushrods?
Yeah hopefully, its all alright, but if its not, I won't be very devastated since I have that 5.3 waiting to drop in:D
I'll post up what I do find on it though...or where I find the missing magical :LOL: pushrod
wow wanted a different side i see. Must of bounced around in there a bit .
Better measure your rocker studs and see if they have pulled up. You also might want to pull the cylinder head and make sure some pal hasn't thrown something down through the intake. Been there,done that. Hank
yep some thing did that:eek: and the the intake bolts go thru the heads and if you used to long of a intake bolt it will hit the pushrod but no one check the push rod for marks ?.i would be looking for a bent valve. and it looks like your intake could use a bottom trim from the old sealer looks less then 060 ? if so this can hold up the intakeQuote:
Originally Posted by halftanked
You may be Irish and it's your lucky day!! Looks like it may have stayed in one piece.
Richard
being Irish and being lucky have nothing to do with each other i do know this first hand:D BUT i can tell you what it will do for you :3dSMILE:Quote:
Originally Posted by ford2custom
I like to think by be lucky, and maybe a little bit Irish, is why I'm here today after falling head first off from a building, granted it was only 18' but I'm still standing.Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
Not to straight, not without pain but on the way down I didn't think I would have seen the next day.:) :) :)
Richard
Denny, I consider myself lucky I had friends come to visit me while recouping from injury's, since then several of my friends that visited me have died from heart attacks. Sometimes/a lot of times I'm a pain in my wife's back side, I don't mean to be but after all of the accidents I'm not the same person, I'm sure you would agree. When you don't feel good it's hard to be tolerant even though I try. Well enough for that but we all have our row to hoe!!!
Richard
yep i know it very well sitting here waiting for the pain drugs to kick in they do not work :CRY:so i can go to work that at the end of the day i will be in more pain that i am in now to just get up to do at all over again trying this $hit for way to many years trying to liveQuote:
Originally Posted by ford2custom
Just goes to show ,no one knows what the next person is going through. Each morning I get up I'm in so much pain, I tell my wife i can't keep doing this. After taking my dose of meds, and sitting still for a couple hours I can begin to move around. You just never know what life has to offer, I mentioned in another post that I lost my brother last year. So if we are still able to have some time type of enjoyment then it's got to be a little better. Our grandkids, and old cars give me that little sparkle.
Richard
well sorry to hi jack this tread. i am 44 years old i just do not know how much more i can take .i just can not see them cutting on me if there not sure of the out come. sorry just venting .just one very mad and very sore irish man happy St patrick day
I know we took over on this origanal post and I'm sorry maybe we can pick it back up..Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
If you have to have surgery try to get the best Dr. for what surgery you have to have. I had the best Dr. in Chicago do one of many surgery’s I've had but I’m thankful I had the best Dr. do my last back surgery even though I'm in constant pain, I’m not paralyzed. Good luck to you on what ever you have to have done.
Richard
Well, its all back together again, went for a little drive, did a little burnout, runs like a champ, hopefully this will take some of the pain away.
Oh yeah I had to redo the valve lash on all the valves, I think that is what caused it, whoever set them(not me) did not do it right or they just loosened over time. There was vertical play in just about every pushrod.
Glad to see it survived. That was a very strange thing to see, those pushrods were all over the place. :D I've had them push a hole through the rocker arm, studs pull out, and studs break, but never saw what you had.
Hope it keeps on keepin on. :D :D
Don