Dropped pushrod into engine
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Tuned
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From: Eagar, az
Dropped pushrod into engine
Howdy! So quick question, I was doing some routine maintenance/ checks, on my 73 f100/fe390, and one of the pushrods got away from me slipping down into engine. Couldn't see it with a bright flashlight in the valley. There is a oil galley where I can see the lifters on the other side, and at first it seemed to be too tight a space for a rod to get through, but I am usually wrong. I am sure it's sitting on the crankshaft, waiting for me to pull the damn engine.
anyone have this happen? Any advice would be real appreciated
anyone have this happen? Any advice would be real appreciated
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Get a bore scope to look between the lifter valley and splash pan, also on to of the splash pan
I’ve had them slide down in to lifter valley but have never had one drop down into the crankcase
I’ve had them slide down in to lifter valley but have never had one drop down into the crankcase
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I found it. I don't have a splash pan, and removing intake I didn't see it right away. It fell into the front right oil return port. Hanging on the opposite lifter by its ball end. Seems one false move, and it would have went all the way. Got it with a strong 🧲. Now just have to clean surfaces and bolt her back up. Wish I had an aluminum intake though, as many times as I have taken it off in the past few years. Doesn't help that the engine bay is over 5ft over the top of the radiator/sides. Thanks though!!
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Reminds me of when I was putting my rebuilt 302 back into my Cougar in 1975. I dropped the distributor hold down bolt into the distributor opening. I was so angry, and while everyone else ran out of the garage, I picked up a baseball bat and started to pound the engine in my anger. This was a bat from a Padres promotional give away, when they actually gave away a bat in the stadium (try that today) and the bat was worse for wear. However, I eventually heard the 1/2" bolt hit the empty oil pan. When I changed the pan out in 2012 there was the bolt next to the drain opening.
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One time I tore down a 350 Chevy for rebuilding and I found a rod bolt in the oil pan. All 8 rods were hooked up and no bolts were missing. Somehow an extra one got inside of the engine sometime during its life. Probably at the factory. Later after all of the parts were cleaned up I could see where the bolt had been caught between the block and the front counterweight. It must have gone around one turn before being thrown into the oil pan where it rode for the whole life of the engine.
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