[jeffspower]

Just a few little stories here- years ago I was installing a rebuilt Cat 3208 in a Louisville Ford. I was down to the last 3/8" intake crossover bolt- which was laying on the cowl w/flatwasher. I picked it up to put it on, & the flatwasher fell into the intake. I thought no problem, runners are big, I'll get it with a magnet- it might be laying on a valve- but odds would be strongly in my favor that it didn't pick a port with the valve open. Yeah right. One of the reasons I don't gamble. After pulling the exhaust manifold, cranking the valve down as far as it would go & trying to fish it out of the cylinder thru the exhaust port for hours- I ended up pulling the head. There it was standing on edge against the cylinder wall.

A friend couldn't find a 1/4" valve cover bolt on his Cad motor one day. Gave up & fired it up. No problem until he goosed the throttle- it was laying in the intake plenum & got sucked down into a cylinder- & split it open to the water jacket.