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Re: Cam woes. (Mid-Week light reading)
Out of curiosity what did the wiped out lobes look like. I wonder how much material was released inside the engine, how it's sized & shaped & where it is now. I'd guess it would return to the pan and maybe get stuck to the magnet on the drain plug... OR, depending how it was shaped, go through the oil pump screen and into the oil pump. I wonder if the cam/lifter debris would go through the pump gears and back into the lubrication system. What then? Score up a crank bearing, get stuck in a lifter. Interesting wonder with plenty of possibilities.
A long time ago I had a spring clip come out of the top of a lifter and a piece of it jammed between the gears in the oil pump. It stopped the pump by shearing the drive where the shaft couples together. Luckily, I heard all the lifters clattering from no oil pressure & shut it off.
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Current toy trucks:
'71 GMC 1500 SUPER CUSTOM short/step, orig. dk. blue, 350/700r, ps,pb, A/C
'72 Blazer 2wd, ochre & white, 454, tremecTKO 500 5spd. ps, pb, A/C, tilt
Last 10yrs of hobby vehicles, had a FEW more in the 50yrs. before these:
'66 Plymouth Belvedere City of Miami cop car clone.
'70 Nova 406"sb, 13.5-1, solid roller, Brodix, p.glide/t.brake, back halved, 9" Ford, spool 4.88, cage,ladder bar/coilover, 10.5 tire....... SOLD!!
'67 C10 short/step side mount spare -- SOLD!!
'72 Jimmy 2wd, 350/350, ps, pb, fun driver, lots of bondo & a shiny red paint job..... SOLD!!
'69 Nova 350, 4spd, A/C, ps, p.b, ...SOLD!!
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