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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3476359" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I bought a 1978 Skylark that had a miss.</p><p>Yep one cylinder was down on that 231 V6 probably a burned valve.</p><p>$120 bucks for the car.</p><p>I had the wife drive it after I spent 300 on the AC system.</p><p>She logged 75,000 miles on it and it began knocking pretty bad.</p><p>Got my money out of that one.</p><p></p><p>Friend had a 260" olds engine that had a rod knocking.</p><p>He delivered Pizza in Moore Ok. with that car and asked me to gather up some 350 Olds stuff to build him an engine.</p><p>He said he would stick it in when this 260" died.</p><p></p><p>A little over 2 years later he drove it to the house and said it needs that 350" NOW!</p><p>We pulled the 260 and set it on the ground with the cherry picker.</p><p>The Picker lowered too fast and the engine came down pretty quick and hit the balancer on the dirt ground and broke the front of the crank because the balancer was now at an odd angle.</p><p></p><p>Took the engine apart to investigate and found the #1 rod gournal was the knocking one and was about the thickness of a sharpie marker So it beat it's self from 2.125 diameter to under 1/2".</p><p></p><p>Oil was super dark black and thick.</p><p>Buddy said he was afraid to change it or the filter for the 2 years it was knocking ..said he just kept adding oil as it needed it.</p><p></p><p>WOW!</p><p>I would not believed it if it was not seen with my own eyes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3476359, member: 15054"] I bought a 1978 Skylark that had a miss. Yep one cylinder was down on that 231 V6 probably a burned valve. $120 bucks for the car. I had the wife drive it after I spent 300 on the AC system. She logged 75,000 miles on it and it began knocking pretty bad. Got my money out of that one. Friend had a 260" olds engine that had a rod knocking. He delivered Pizza in Moore Ok. with that car and asked me to gather up some 350 Olds stuff to build him an engine. He said he would stick it in when this 260" died. A little over 2 years later he drove it to the house and said it needs that 350" NOW! We pulled the 260 and set it on the ground with the cherry picker. The Picker lowered too fast and the engine came down pretty quick and hit the balancer on the dirt ground and broke the front of the crank because the balancer was now at an odd angle. Took the engine apart to investigate and found the #1 rod gournal was the knocking one and was about the thickness of a sharpie marker So it beat it's self from 2.125 diameter to under 1/2". Oil was super dark black and thick. Buddy said he was afraid to change it or the filter for the 2 years it was knocking ..said he just kept adding oil as it needed it. WOW! I would not believed it if it was not seen with my own eyes. [/QUOTE]
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