Re: 304 valve noise

[jlandry@domain.elided (John A. Landry)]

In Linda Tripp's secret telephone recording, Monica and "Chuck Welles"
<cfw3@domain.elided> were heard saying...

>Anyway, 
>with a few well placed blasts of air out shot a little aluminum 
>pellet (about .25 inches in diameter) which was lodged in the oil 
>passage which fed the rear main and cam. 
>
>I couldn't believe it, how it got there I dont know, but I remember 
>seeing a warning about a plug in the gasket set I bought from felpro. 
>Anyway, I reassembled everything with a new cam, lifters, pushrods, 
>and rocker assemblies (just to be sure) and the motor runs like new 
>again.  

I can tell you *exactly* where that little silver colored plug came from...
but I want your three best guesses first! <grin>

Congratulations on fixing the problem.

John L.
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