Found this in number 8 hole. Grandson wants to keep it as a paperweight, but I am thinking it can be repaired. What do you think?

Ken Gasbarri
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What did you find?

I've fixed quite a few like that, some even worse.

Originally posted by k20mike:
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I finally figured it out. Well, OK, my Grandson showed me how to do it. Now he has a paper weight for sure.

Ken Gasbarri

I'm sure you can fix that :D . No need for a new one.

Uh, I'd deburr it before I used it for a paperwieght!
OUCH! :(

JB Weld will fix that , and it will be better than new. :rolleyes:

Looks to me like that one is all worn out. smile.gif

Tom

Is that a custom "hollow" rod??

I ask b/c the pic makes it look like the rods end is a tube???

pdq67

It's an H-Beam that's real beat up. This is what you'll often see when a wrist pin freezes up, the rod breaks somewhere in the middle of the beam. Not really a rod problem. I wonder what the RPM was when it blew....

Tom

Gentlemen;

Tom is correct. It was a "Scat" H-beam rod. However, the wrist pin is still perfect and moves freely. I may have mentioned it, but my engine builder is convinced that we "hydro-locked" the cylinder. I have no reason to doubt him, but I do wonder why it continues to happen to just the rear cylinders.

It has been suggested that I use a stronger rod. Something like one of those high dollar "I-beam" rods. My thoughts on that are that if the cylinder is indeed "hydro-locking", something bad is going to happen when the piston comes up, and bending the rod would seem to be the least severe of the possibilities. Now, if I can just prevent is from happening, or at the very least, know when it happens, and shut it down before it self destructs.

Thanks for your interest.

Ken Gasbarri