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[23crate]

I looked it up and I learned a new word, "Ceraunophiliac".

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bit hard to pronounce id say !!. me too found some stunning pics though...

 

[23crate]

I looked it up and I learned a new word, "Ceraunophilia


bit hard to pronounce id say !!.

found some stunning pics though... beautiful .. theres a bucket list vacation !

 

[smallfoot]

Cerauno what??? Might be something to that...I can remember some pretty spectacular parking during some of the thunderstorms,,,probably all that jumping and dodging when all those bizillion volts are popping the airwaves... [ddd

Seriously though, some of the times I've been caught out in those things on the water, you learn to pray...that's one thing that will make me and my fishing buddy exit stage right!

 

[Old Iron]

Cerauno what??? Might be something to that...I can remember some pretty spectacular parking during some of the thunderstorms,,,probably all that jumping and dodging when all those bizillion volts are popping the airwaves... [ddd

Seriously though, some of the times I've been caught out in those things on the water, you learn to pray...that's one thing that will make me and my fishing buddy exit stage right!

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[joedoh]

congrats on getting it running!

 

[forbigpicture]

^^^^^ yeah that's great news Smalls.....

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[smallfoot]

Thanks guys! It's been a rough couple months with all the stuff that's happened around here. Good to be mobile again. Motor is running nice. Staying cool and I'm being easy on it breaking it in.
I'll post some pix after while if I can get my camera to work. I found a pretty solid piece of cast iron laying in the oil on the 305. Funny thing is,,,I can't seem to find where it came from. I looked for a long time yesterday and intend on looking again. Outside of it being what looks like cast iron, I haven't really matched the shape to anything on the block or heads

 

[Old Iron]

I found a pretty solid piece of cast iron laying in the oil on the 305.

Are you saying in the oil pan or the drained oil???

 

[smallfoot]

Are you saying in the oil pan or the drained oil???

It was in the catch pan from when I drained the oil on the 305.

Size you can see in relation to a dime. It's slightly curved. The curved edges are smooth cast but unmilled. Inner surface is cast smooth but not milled. The outer surface looks like it had a lug but exhibits grind marks like there is where an impact occured. I haven't found any broken places in the block or heads...[S

 

[smallfoot]

Sorry about the clarity on the pix! My new camera has given up too I guess. The light in the view screen isn't working now. Can't see your target much at all ...jeesh!

 

[Old Iron]

That's definitely a good sized piece
Don't recognize it sorry [P[P[P

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

I don't recognize it, either. [S

"Name That Piece" with your host, Wink Martindale!

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[zzrodder]

You sure it's cast?? Sort of looks like a chunk off a Chevy rocker arm...[S

 

[Bamamav]

Looks like a piece of piston skirt.

 

[Torchie]

What ever it is it sure doesn't belong there.
I'm voting for a piston skirt. Would be hard for a piece that big to migrate from the upper end into the pan. But.... Stranger things have happened.
Torchie

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

If it's piece of piston skirt, I'll bet a dollar it belongs to #8...

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[Old Iron]

If it's piece of piston skirt, I'll bet a dollar it belongs to #8...

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I'm on #7

 

[smallfoot]

Pistons are aluminum...or alloy of...

 

[Old Iron]

This may just be a never solved mystery piece [P[P[P

 

[smallfoot]

This may just be a never solved mystery piece [P[P[P

I'm kinda wondering if it's a stray piece left in there from the rebuilder...[S