47-55.1 '50 3600 re-do. Shortening things up!

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And just like that, $$$$ down the drain! Ive been in denial for the last month. I started it up as I usually do on weekends, but a few weeks ago I started it it it made an horrendous clattering noise and it went dead. In disbelief, I sat there for several minutes sick to my stomach. I put a breaker bar on the crank pulley and it would only turn about half a revolution then stop. I walked out of the ggarage and left it alone for weeks while I pondered my life’s choices.

Today, I mustered up enough courage to try to diagnose the problem. I lowered the oil pan as much as I could and fished these chunks out. Not sure where they’re from but it appears to be catastrophic.