Coming back from Catalina a few weeks ago I had a motor let go. Unfortunatly it happened at about 5pm and we were only about a mile away from the island....took us close to six hours to get back. The last three hours were at night which made it even more interesting. Bummer to say the least. So, here are some pics that you never want to see of a connecting rod. Threw the rod into the pan and made a few nice holes. The boat, hull, stringers etc are all fine, no damage at all. But the rod took out the block and lots of other stuff so a new motor is being put together now. Should be back up and running in a week or so. Sorry for the poor pic quality - Blackberry camera.

Few more Also took out the cam and the crank...Basically need a new rotating asembly. Anyone see anything strange about the rod bolts ?

Ouch!

Been there. It sucks. Once only the intake and carb were reusable.

Do a search on flushing your oil cooler (or not) in the General tech section.

At least you are getting back up and running quicker than I ever could.


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Damn Fords...

Yup, Everything is "custom".


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Bummer Luke....just in time for the SCOPE poker run too.....

Ouch!!!!

Yeah- sometimes you get lucky and save the manifold

One more reason why you shouldn't try to save a buck on rod bolts.