camarojunky74

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so as im finishing up putting my sbc together, i go to drop in the distributor and i grab the rotor to point to #1 cylinder and the thing just free spins, im like wtf i pull up the distributor only to find the gear and the two thrust washers not on the shaft, i instantly freak out, look down the whole in the back of the block and find the gear and washers, i grab by auto zone magnet and fish out everything i need, then fearing that the pin that holds the gear onto the shaft sheared and is just sitting on the back of the cam, i put my magnet back down the whole only to return with out a tip, my god damn mother ******* magnet broke at the worst possible time, so now i have a magnet head stuck face down in the block near the oil pump shaft.. i now another magnet wont be strong enought to pull it up, i know i cant get needle nose down that far, do i chew up some bubblicious put it on the tip of the magnet and rest it on the old magnet and let it dry for the next day or so??? im so out of idea, all i know is im not pulling the motor apart and wasting 100 or so dollars in gakets, might as well pull the block and make it a stroker at that point lol.

any thought ideas or suggestions? anyone else had this bull **** happen to them before,
i guess this is what i get for buying china made domestic parts from the swap meet.

camarojunky74

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just thought of it, nail glue or super glue, lol

WS6_Suicide_Machine

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congradulations!!!! smart thinking. i woulda just called you BTW

camarojunky74

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camarojunky74

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yeah i just dont want it to run off and sit on the block. although i doubt it will do any harm

WS6_Suicide_Machine

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or maybe a hi velocity vacuum?

camarojunky74

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lol, i need to borrow 818's mom, anyone got her #

camarojunky74

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i will call her vacculla

MrOverkill

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Long reach needle nose pliers if you can see it? Or are you already using long needle nose? I have some that are very thin and about a foot long, might just work....

WS6_Suicide_Machine

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good one luke. are you up at like 11pm just wrenching on the 74?

camarojunky74

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i can see it sitting face down near the oil pump shaft just behind the cam gear, if they will fit all the way down thru a 1 inch whole, but your far from me.

camarojunky74

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stayed up till 1 am last night doing this ****, when **** aint going right with my life i find myself working on it till way way to late.

and its 12:26 am still gotta get the driver side header on, front cover and all the accessory's then ill be done, oh and go to the parts store, get some coolant and a new gear for the dist, god i love working on sbc, so nice just to go get parts wherever whenever and not pay thru the *** for them either

MrOverkill

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Mine will fit, go to Sears or Harbor Freight tomorrow and pick some up and give it a shot. Good luck Brotha!

camarojunky74

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anyways off to the lab, gotta crank up the ac/dc pop open a papst blue ribbon beer and get this **** done.

camarojunky74

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yeah cool man, thanks for the tip, ill hit up the local sears in the morning, ill try that before glue or bazooka gum, which ive heard is better for picking up loose metal lol

WS6_Suicide_Machine

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See man, I wish i had you as a big brother. I had no one to teach me anything to pass down tools and knowledge, i hope to do this for my son some day.

but i would love just to be able to wrench on my car. cant in my garage/neighborhood

camarojunky74

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thanks, and anytime you wanna work on your car let me know, ill lend a hand and some helpfull tips that saved me previously.

WS6_Suicide_Machine

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ya i still gotta tackle those plugs and wires. Im getting really bad MPG's