You ducked the bullet Dave!! I;m with Jay here. Shotgun all that old stuff and end up with a new motor, for a very few hundred $ and very little more time. Then everything will be top notch and you won't have to go in there in 40K, 50K and do the rest of that stuff. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 18:09, peggy delancey <butterfly15610@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > Dave, from my experiences when going there, might as well replace all > rings and bearings Including CAM bearings, new stuff anywhere in the engine > will pick out old stuff and stress it! so make sure all is good! I have > replaced some rings and not others and have had a major blow up soon after! > Not easy to fix at that point. So a total ring and bearing rebuild might be > in order for your car! > > Just a suggestion from my experience. > > Jay > > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/6/09, das24rules@xxxxxxxxx <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: das24rules@xxxxxxxxx <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] MOTOR WENT BYE BYE!!!! > > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 8:06 PM > > just got the head popped off. > > cylinders look great still. no evidence of a > > broken ring that i can see. all pistons move up and down. > > turned motor over > > by hand (turns real free) and AHH HAAA!!! #6 rod cap has > > come loose. not off, > > just loose. probably destryed the bearing. hopefully no > > damage to crank or rod > > so i can get new bearings and put in. i hope to find new > > rings also so i can > > go ahead and stick new rings in while im at it. wouldnt > > hurt while i have the > > rods loose for new bearings. i think maybe i was just > > intime before any > > serious damage was done. and i think my smoke was coming > > from cyl #'s 2 and > > 5. looks like the head gasket was alowing it to suck oil > > past. i hope thats > > all it was. didnt see no visible cracks i the head. needs > > lots of cleaning. > > lots of oil deposit on those 2 pistons and chambers. > > hopefully things will be > > ok. dave stohler > > www.picasaweb.google.com/das24rules > > _______________________________________________ > > AMC-list mailing list > > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > -- All of your arguments are invalid. Enjoy your unstable system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20090706/d89da64b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com