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Old May 14, 2012 | 02:19 AM
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starting my motor build

ok my uncle had this 302 sitting in the back of his gauge so i went and picked it up . i am building it for my truck . now my truck is a 87 302 efi the motor i got is out of an 84 so its carb . so the intake and heads mean nothing to me . when i took the oil pan off i found this rod down inside it and was wondering if someone can tell me what it is







 
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Old May 14, 2012 | 05:01 AM
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Its the oil pump drive shaft that goes between the distributor and the oil pump...
 
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Old May 14, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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Its the oil pump drive shaft that goes between the distributor and the oil pump...
thanks for the info . i will have to remember that on the next one . after further inspection some how it got a huge hole in the top end of the block in the front in the back side where the distributor goes down threw . so it looks like a trip to the scrap yard for me
 
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Originally Posted by bigpapa1987
after further inspection some how it got a huge hole in the top end of the block in the front in the back side where the distributor goes down threw . so it looks like a trip to the scrap yard for me
No that's normal every block has a hole there.
 
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the intake and heads mean nothing to me
Should be large chamber smog heads(D9OE) so they're junk.
 
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