7th cylinder connecting rod in PIECES....

[tufcj]

Did you use new rod bolts? What I'm seeing by the bent rod cap is that a bolt may have failed or come loose. I always replace the rod bolts with ARP, then have the big ends resized. It's always hard to say. Were the rods magnafluxed? A fine crack could have escaped a visual without magnaflux.

If you need a rod, I have a few spare 360 rods that you could have for the cost of shipping.

Bob

[morehops]

Did you use new rod bolts? What I'm seeing by the bent rod cap is that a bolt may have failed or come loose. I always replace the rod bolts with ARP, then have the big ends resized. It's always hard to say. Were the rods magnafluxed? A fine crack could have escaped a visual without magnaflux.

If you need a rod, I have a few spare 360 rods that you could have for the cost of shipping.

Bob

Thanks so much Bob! I may take you up on the offer. I did not replace the rod bolts, and in hindsight I will. Rods were magnafluxed, so my initial assessment was that a rod bolt failed.