03-02-2016, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: 60615,330th Ave.,Clare, Iowa, 50524
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Re: Why did this rod fail?
This was a Model T engine with a complete rebuild, about 1000 to 1200 miles that ran out of oil because the owner thought it was full because the oil would drip out of the top petcock with a drop or two, an honest mistake, I did that also did that when I was a kid.
Here are the rods and pistons, cylinders did not have a mark in them, and it only took out one rod, No. 3, and it was No. 4 piston that got creamed. If it wasn't for the Aluminum in the Babbitt, the 3 rods could have been used over.
The mains are all full of Aluminum also.
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