Reply to "connecting rod nuts (again)"

panteradougMember

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Originally posted by jb1490:
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Why would anyone still be using the original Ford valves and rod bolts and nuts now?

Those items should be changed at every rebuild.

There are quite a few Panteras that have never had the engine rebuilt...like mine, with 124k (although I did replace the valves at 106k).
John

Sure, original everything until you take it apart.

The rod bolts and nuts have never been particularly suspect. The Ford valves have though.

All I am saying is why would you reuse those components on any rebuild

If you ask, why should I rebuild it now with 124K on the engine, maybe you should look at some of the pictures of engines that were posted here, where the valves came apart, took out the piston, block and head all in one shot.

Forewarned is forearmed, or as Winston Churchill once said, "those that refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

5/14/1310:02 AM

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