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Old 02-17-2006, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by theinstag8r
...a valve keeper cam out of it on the magnet.
Do you mean the retainer or one of the locks? Sounds like somebody dropped a piece when the motor was built and either didn't realize where it went or didn't bother to retrieve it. I guess there was plenty of room for it to rattle around in there with the pushrod and not do any damage.
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one of the valve locks. took a picture. who knows how long it was like that. i bought the car, drove it home where it's been sitting the garage till my parts came in. everything should be o.k. good thing i decided to cam the car.
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Old 02-17-2006, 04:16 PM
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lets see if the pics will load this time
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