Do you know if this can be repaired?
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Do you know if this can be repaired?
460 with a long story. tore it down to see what was in it seen this after removing the distributor.
pic problems so far hopefully it works this time.
pic problems so far hopefully it works this time.
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That is a little hard to tell in the pic, but I personally wouldn't worry too much about it. It looks ugly and it would always be in the back of your mind, but I don't see why it wouldn't be serviceable. I am at a loss why it cracked, but I would guess maybe a previous oil pump seizure in the past or maybe the engine was ran without the distributor hold down tight and it bound up, anythng is possible in a 40 year old truck.
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One would think the dizzys shear pin would snap before causing carnage like that, it looks to me like a PO was whacking on a frozen dizzy to free it up and caused that damage in the process.
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This engine is actually in my 71 cougar. D0VE-A block D0VE-.C heads. Was my step grandfathers he pasted from cancer about 2 years ago engine was balanced blueprinted, forged pistons, scj intake and carb. Had less that 1000 mi on it my grandma figures. It sat for about 4 yrs so when I got it I soaked cylinders, turned it over by hand rebuilt carb and it ran good pulled engine to cleanup and paint underhood and engine. Found roller tip rockers were pretty rust pitted and surface rusted I desided to disassmble alittle further and saw this I don't know if this has been seen before or no. This this was dynoed after built at 550 hp according to the family. Don't want to trash the hole thing.
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ouch!
Looks like someone got a little crazy with a big drill trying to prime the oil system when it was rebuilt. just my 2c. Mark
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UMMM? The last time I saw that happen was to a 390 because some untrained person used a slide hammer to free a "stuck" cam. The cam was being held in by the dizzy of course it was not going to move!
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