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73StreetRace

This is a pretty amazing story
IMO, the pushrod fell for some reason in the oil pan, then it was hit by a piston or by a crankshaft counter weight and pushed through the oil pan...
You'll probably find pieces of a broken lifter when you remove the oil pan...and perhaps many other surprises...

MotorHead

What really surprises me is the condition of the rod, it looks like a normal used rod, not one that went through a lifter bore, got hit by something with enough force to propel it through the side of the oil pan and not have a scratch on it ?

Clams Canino

As someone said way earlier in the thread; It's like the magic bullet all over again.

-W

MotorHead

Hmmm no more info on it......conspiracy ?

73StreetRace

The pushrods are made of hardened steel and the oil pan is made of ductile basic steel,
so this could explain that, but no one can tell until oil pan is dropped...
The OP may find broken pieces of camshaft too...

Clams Canino

I wanna hear more too!! -W

73StreetRace

Why is it so long to remove an oil pan...

jordan89

Waiting for update.

mr mctavish

this one is a good one, I thought this bizzare stuff only happens to me, sorry for your pain, it's certainly interesting, let us all know the outcome please.

MotorHead

You wanna know something that is really bizarre, I had a nightmare when I was a kid I still remember today that had that a robot that looks exactly like the one in your avatar in it

comp

now the bad dreams return

mr mctavish

motorhead ---- its mr mctavish from the 50's tv show superman,
he was powered by kyptonite[strongest robot in the world] then prof. pepperwinkel turned him into a house maid.
p.s Ive admired your ride for 7 years, its what I would like to do, but...

MotorHead

I thought he must have been in a movie or TV show because that's him, I'd like to tear a strip off him if I had the chance, imagine remembering a nightmare for 45 years

Thanks for the compliment about my Vette

mr mctavish

its just a man in a box

MotorHead

Now you tell me

RU7376vettes

I don't think I could get a rod from the cam gallery to the pan on purpose! Any chance the engine builder left one in the oil pan by mistake and it finally got sideways and pushed out. I also wonder how it could come out through the pan and hit the ground without being beat up in the process. This is sure one for the "you ain't going to believe this but book"! Can't wait to hear the Paul Harvey version after he gets it torn down.\\

After I wrote this saw the photos with valve covers removed. Would really like to see with intake removed! I have picked up pieces of a crank from a drag strip and had rocker studs pull out but nothing like this one!

larrywalk

So what's the latest?

gingerbreadman1977

the latest is he went back to the c4 forum

Grinchia

Someone could call him, he was actually bold enough to post his telephone number. I'd sure like to see 'the rest of the story' in pictures.