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Topic: Bad Kharma! or stupidity? (Read 245 times)
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Yellow
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Well, well, well, tell me is it bad Kharma or just a mega brain fart? Had a guy putting the 440 in the Demon, I'm at work. when i get off i go by to see the progress, engine is covered and sitting in front of the car. car ain't got no engine in it, I get out and the guy comes out and meets me, "how's it going?" i ask, not good He says, why's that?, i ask, He say's We DROPPED THE MOTOR!. Well it turns out the chain broke, thankfully nobody got hurt and they had just pulled it back from the car to reposition the chain,so it didn't damage the newly painted engine compartment. to make a long story short, the pan and pickup is about 2 inches tall  I have a center sump low profile Milodon, but i don't think it will work, anybody know for sure?, i don't have another 440 abody pan and pickup, anyone got one for sale? |
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Oz never did give nothin' to the TIN MAN!
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west
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could have been alot worse,never seen the weight of an engine break a proper size chain.
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wilddriver
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ouch, glad everybody is ok. while your at it when replacing the pan i'd check everything else out while i had it off.Thats a lot of weight on the just the pan hopefully nothing else is damaged.
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Half way to the millon mile club
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67Dart383
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I'm thinking the guy that dropped it should be finding a oil pan!
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67 Dart 383 MP590, Crane 1.6 R/R, headers, 906, 850 MIghty Demon, Torker II, 3inch exhausts, 727 R/M, 9.5 PTC 4500 flash stall w/ 2800 brake stall, 8 3/4 rear with P/T 4.30, on MT ET St Rad 11.99@112.55mph  |
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MyCreation68
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could have been alot worse,never seen the weight of an engine break a proper size chain.
You can break a proper sized chain if it's twisted around on itself. all it takes is one link to slip back to where it should be and the whole weight would break the chain. At least thats what they tell me at work. |
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I don't suffer from road rage, I enjoy every minute of it. My vehicles:  -1984 Dodge Ramcharger 318 auto 4x4 atc stock beast -1968 Dodge Dart GT 6cyl auto buckets console work in progress -1966 Bridgestone 90 Deluxe -1946 Fargo 3/4 ton |
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dangerdawg
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ouch, sorry to hear that, glad nobody got hurt.
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NYrr496
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Wow. I would guess the pan absorbed the blow, but absolutely chech the bottom of the block for cracks. If I had to let someone else do my install, I'd probably lend them a suitable lifting rig. I can't remember the last time I used a chain.
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It takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar.
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