When it rains it pours

[Twin_Turbo]

Some days it's just not worth getting out of bed





And when you think that's enough carnage for 1 day.....



:clobbered::skeptic:

 

[mrvette]

Eh, JB weld the carb, its only a Holley afterall......:nuts::clobbered:

was it a head gasket?? I can't tell from the patterns for sure...hope it's not worse than that...

and yes, that looks familiar...:clobbered:

 

[big2bird]

You can't fix that from bed. I've tried.

 

[Twin_Turbo]

The holley base plate is made from cast crap I tell you, it was not overtightened, the manifold is straight as an arrow, gasket was good...it was good for some time but last month the car would hardly idle and this was the cause......time for a billet base

the engine is FUBAR, piston is cocked in the bore and there's a big U shaped crack in the bore. The car was running fine till it went to the paint shop, came back with a slight miss that got worse and worse, radiator was half full and when I pulled the plugs no 6 had coolant pouring out...now the guys at the paint shop claim not to have messed with the car but something tells me they gunned it cold, piston cocked and cracked the block. there's a boatload of metal in the oil too, feels gritty....this one is toast, time for a 383 or bigger

 

[Jsup]

The holley base plate is made from cast crap I tell you, it was not overtightened, the manifold is straight as an arrow, gasket was good...it was good for some time but last month the car would hardly idle and this was the cause......time for a billet base

the engine is FUBAR, piston is cocked in the bore and there's a big U shaped crack in the bore. The car was running fine till it went to the paint shop, came back with a slight miss that got worse and worse, radiator was half full and when I pulled the plugs no 6 had coolant pouring out...now the guys at the paint shop claim not to have messed with the car but something tells me they gunned it cold, piston cocked and cracked the block. there's a boatload of metal in the oil too, feels gritty....this one is toast, time for a 383 or bigger

Well, good news is at least you get bigger!

 

[JeffP1167]

Will make a good boat anchor for someone lucky!

 

[BangkokDean]

Next time you go for paint or anywhere out of your site pull the starter out.:banghead:

 

[clutchdust]

Hey, at least that cylinder is clean.:crutches:

 

[mrvette]

I dunno Marck, between you and DV8 there with his move....

I dunno who to feel more sorry for.....damn, guys....:hissyfit:


:friends:

 

[00fxd]

How well do you know the guys at the paint shop. Pretty suspicious. May be try and take one aside and bribe him to find out what happened.
Years ago I took my '65 GTO, tri power in for paint. Before I dropped it off I removed the secondary linkage. I was supprised how quickly they noticed and mentioned it to me.

 

[Twin_Turbo]

Car came back from there over half a year ago, sat ever since. It's a small shop run by the owner and a couple of nitwits. There's no way to prove that they caused it, they'll claim there wasn't enough anti freeze in it with the -20deg C cold we had here (but there is and it never gets below 0 in the shop)

 

[JeffP1167]

Just pull the rod & piston, slap the head back on and run it as a V-7 ... Should be fine for another 100k like that.

 

[Fuelie74]

Just pull the rod & piston, slap the head back on and run it as a V-7 ... Should be fine for another 100k like that.

No you pull the rod and JB weld the piston back in the cylinder so it doesn't use oil. You also need to JB weld the coolant leak.

 

[JeffP1167]

Just pull the rod & piston, slap the head back on and run it as a V-7 ... Should be fine for another 100k like that.

No you pull the rod and JB weld the piston back in the cylinder so it doesn't use oil. You also need to JB weld the coolant leak.

Good call! Another seasoned engine rebuilder chimed in!

 

[MYBAD79]

Just add a qt of head gasket repair and a qt of block sealer TO THE OIL......


it'll be fine :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:


:toothbrush::toothbrush::toothbrush:

 

[big2bird]

Just add a qt of head gasket repair and a qt of block sealer TO THE OIL......


it'll be fine :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:


:toothbrush::toothbrush::toothbrush:

There's the ticket.

 

[DWncchs]

The holley base plate is made from cast crap I tell you, it was not overtightened, the manifold is straight as an arrow, gasket was good

Maybe it was dropped on that corner before you got it or a wire accidentally made its way under the base and then tightened. The wire under the base is what I generally find when I see a broken base plate.