motor go boom
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motor go boom
i spent the last month and a half or so building my first motor and trying to learn from trial and error and figure it out my self after a lot of frustation i finally got it to start with a little help from a freind. the valves were off and when they were adjusted they opened enough to let the three bolts a pivot ball and a rocker arm nut into my cylinders that some one had dropped into my intake wana talkj about a bad night
4 cracked cylinders 1 ccylinder missing half its wall and alot of tima and money down the drain any one had a similair experience
4 cracked cylinders 1 ccylinder missing half its wall and alot of tima and money down the drain any one had a similair experience
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i can honestly say nomy first rebuild/ assembly i had watched /and read enough to know a. when intake is off to have galley covered b. when carb off plug intake ( rag, tape) and to be sure all parts and fasteners accounted for. not saying nothing bad about so dont think i am . just knew possible out comes if i screw(ed) up and the prostpect of thoughing money away was never something i wanted to through in on my learning curve
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ya cause it took 1 night to put back together but a while to get back in the truck and get all the electronis plugged up cause the people who owned it before me had "rigged" some of the things together
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Re: motor go boom
Originally Posted by txhunter69
i spent the last month and a half or so building my first motor and trying to learn from trial and error and figure it out my self after a lot of frustation i finally got it to start with a little help from a freind. the valves were off and when they were adjusted they opened enough to let the three bolts a pivot ball and a rocker arm nut into my cylinders that some one had dropped into my intake wana talkj about a bad night
4 cracked cylinders 1 ccylinder missing half its wall and alot of tima and money down the drain any one had a similair experience
4 cracked cylinders 1 ccylinder missing half its wall and alot of tima and money down the drain any one had a similair experience
We saved the crank and the cam.
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Now you said this was dropped down the intake :?: How in the world did all these parts get thru the valves :?: I mean if i am reading this correctly :? :? The valve would have to opened at least 1/2 inch for a rocker ball,nut, and three bolts to get pass them :!: :!: Now maybe thru the spark plug hole but even at that i kinda dought even that :!: Now i am not disputing your word but i think i would look for another way they got in :!: :!: :!:
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Originally Posted by txhunter69
well when the intake was off valleys were covered and i put the tbi on intake soon after putting the intake on so i dont think it was a accident