kenamond
DSM Wiseman
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- Feb 15, 2006
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Los Alamos,
New_Mexico
NOTE: THIS WAS REVIVED FROM APRIL, 2006!! IT'S AN OLD THREAD!!
I'm waiting on a new valve cover, so I had two rags over the valvetrane to keep it clean. I was running my vaccuum line for my boost gauge and was ready to zip-tie the line out of harms way. A zip tie broke and I placed it on the rags on my motor and grabbed another one, but when I picked it up, it got snagged on the rag and the broken piece - 2" long with the box end on it - fell into the head. I'm not positive where it went, and I don't see it. I think it went down the oil drain passage on the front of the head between the #2 and #3 cylinders. Below is an image with that passage circled in red. After that is a zoomed in image. (sorry about the huge images)
How screwed am I? I'm praying that the passage returns to the pan, but I don't know.
What should I do? Help please!!
I'm waiting on a new valve cover, so I had two rags over the valvetrane to keep it clean. I was running my vaccuum line for my boost gauge and was ready to zip-tie the line out of harms way. A zip tie broke and I placed it on the rags on my motor and grabbed another one, but when I picked it up, it got snagged on the rag and the broken piece - 2" long with the box end on it - fell into the head. I'm not positive where it went, and I don't see it. I think it went down the oil drain passage on the front of the head between the #2 and #3 cylinders. Below is an image with that passage circled in red. After that is a zoomed in image. (sorry about the huge images)
How screwed am I? I'm praying that the passage returns to the pan, but I don't know.
What should I do? Help please!!
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