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After closer inspection I discovered
that the exh valve on #6 was not quite right. |
Here is the valve stem with the
retainer still on it. |
Where did the valve itself go? |
You don't suppose it's in the
engine, do you? |
This does not look like an impact
break to me... |
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See the black pebbled surface? That
looks like a failure, not a break. |
Compression ring and cylinder
or crank particles. |
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Look at all the debris in there. This
does not bode well at all. |
Tomorrow's excitement will be dropping the pan and inspecting the bottom end
of the engine. I fully expect it to be really ugly.
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View from below |
View of contents of windage tray |
#4 & #8 look ok. |
Can you see the wristpin trying to get
out of the tray? |
Wrist pin trying to get away |
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The contents of the windage tray. No,
I did not pile them in there. |
Honest, this is the way the tray looked
when we dropped it. |
I'm not sure, but I think the crank is
pretty much toast. |
#7 lost it's rod too. |
That piece of piston is the only one that
still looks like piston. |
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A good view of the #7 piston from below. It
looks like it was on the way up when the crank stopped moving abruptly. |
#6
Look Ma, I can see the sun!!!
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#2 took a beating too. |
#3 doesn't look good either. |
#7 lost it's cylinder wall too. |
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#5 looks ok, but that poor crank
:( |
#7 piston. The wrist pin just
ripped the bottom half of the piston away. |
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The only things holding this together are
the rings. |
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Look at all the goodies in the pan. |
Wow!!! |
The pan got holed too. |
This looks like wrist pin impact. |
I didn't know rings could bend like this. |
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Wanna buy a piston? Slightly
used. |
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Trophies. Left rod is #7, right
is #6. |
#6 con rod |
#6 con rod with cap. |
I got to meet another VMFer as part of the day's excitement. Ken
Keck (KENK66) came over and helped pull the oil pan. I'd like to
say thanks to Ken for his assist and apologize for forgetting to get his picture. Ken,
if you want to come back by I will be happy to add your picture to the collection.