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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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i found out that bolts don't like me 2 day last week it was the bolt that holds the control arm in well 2day it was 2 of the 3 bolts that hold the alternator bracket on. 1 was a grade 8 and the other was a stock bolt. the stock bolt broke off so far into the head that i couldn't get it out didn't get to go to work 2day because of that. looks like i get to do another H/C/I upgrade. stock E7 heads, ported and polished (their all i got), springs and rockers to match the E-cam and a performer (single plane) edelbrock intake got everything took off 2day except for the timing cover because it started raining
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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How the hell did they break ?
Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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i have absolutely no idea but I was almost to work (about 5 mi.)and i started hearing some squeelin let off the gas and pushed in the clutch it stopped then i resumed and started hearing it again i pushed in the clutch, shut the car off, and pulled off the road.
I took the hood off and didn't see anything wrong so I turned it over and seen the alternator goin sideways and that's when I seen the bolts broke
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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i took apart the top end of the engine last night and found out (pretty sure) why it was runnin pretty hot. there was a piece of permatex blue glue in one of the water journals
(not a main one but one where if i drove it hard it would try to run hot on me
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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bummer, good luck fixing it
Old Sep 16, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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thanx hopefully i can have it runnin by tomorrow night at the latest as long as the weather holds up
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