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Old Apr 3, 2011 | 08:56 PM
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I didnt thread the oil galley plugs behind the cam, One of them blew out on the fresh motor(my old 355) and wedged between the waterpump gear on the cam, and the water pump drive gear. It locked the cam gear up..That was the end result from cruising about 2500-2800 rpm down the highway.

Needless to say all my oil galley plugs are threaded now.
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Them little Freeze Plugs?

Dammmmm..
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Them little Freeze Plugs?

Dammmmm..
Those are the ones... haha I saw those pictures of the pushrods and it brough back bad memories.
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What it do to the rest of the Engine?
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Yay! Share pushrod destruction picture time!
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That's not my old one..is it?
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What it do to the rest of the Engine?
Bent every exhaust valve. made some good marks in the pistons. Other then that it was fine, I sent the heads of and they got a fresh valve job and new exhaust valves. Pulled the pan cleaned out the debris. Put it back together went to the track and ran low twelves and put another 10,000 miles on it before the new engine went it.
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That's not my old one..is it?
Yeah! Remember? That happened I think about two years ago or so.....
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I do now.. quit breakin ****.
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No dice, for some reason at WOT oil pressure drops instead of climbing! Yanking this thing out next month for some freshening up.
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Originally Posted by camar0corey
No dice, for some reason at WOT oil pressure drops instead of climbing! Yanking this thing out next month for some freshening up.
What kind of pump is it, and have you put a mechanical gauge on it?
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Going to get a mechanical gauge on it soon, I think its a Melling HV.
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It's a Melling High-Pressure, standard Volume.

Is the Oil full?
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Going to get a mechanical gauge on it soon, I think its a Melling HV.
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