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Originally Posted by Gene F
It's amazing isn't it! Years ago we had a guy in our club took his car out with a fresh engine, installed in a shop. Drove it some, and next thing ya know it had to be towed in. Someone forgot to put cotter pins in the rod caps. TORE IT UP!
And if ya say anything the supposed engine rebuilders get mad...
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I say "misdiagnosis" here. Properly torqued rod nuts don't back off like that! More likely, that shop owner told the new kid to torque the rods and "Don't forget the cotter keys!" When the holes didn't line up, the kid, not having been trained, backed off the nuts until the holes did line up. And no one checked his work!