Sounds like a typical Pantera engine tear down... unfortunately.<div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:28, David in Durango <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adin@frontier.net">adin@frontier.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi kids,</div>
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<div>Thought I would share some fun . . . </div>
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<div>Opened the Cleveland yesterday. My hope was to re-ring and check
everything. 15K mile motor and time to set the valves anyway as they are
making some noise (duh.)</div>
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<div>I was told this is a 440hp motor. It dynoed 325 rwhp @6000rpm (and
not near peak). It has always blown oil.</div>
<div>One plug was pretty oily when removed (#8). #1 piston had all the
ring gaps nicely lined up . . . . #8 cylinder showed NO sign of a
crosshatch pattern.</div>
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<div>Bearings: some wear noted, definately want to replace these. Also
some sign of dirt in oil!</div>
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<div>When I pulled the pan I noticed gasket paper and glyptol chips stuck
to the oil screen, along with some pieces of metallic debris. Not a good
sign?</div>
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<div>Anyway, pulled the crank and set it aside only to find 2 lobes of the cam
shot - now I get to buy a new cam!!!</div>
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<div>so, that is the status of fun and games in Colorado . . . .</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div>David</div></font></span></div>
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