I dont understand peoples method in taking the rocker fulcrum off in the E-Series to change #3 injector... just take the solenoid off... why bother ****ing with the valvetrain and possibly dislodging a pushrod or causing this
Odd 7.3 failure
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Old OutLaw
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Might it have exited out an exhaust valve perchance ? purty lucky no more damage was done...... I have seen the same thing GRENADE a $20,000 truck engine....nothing was salvagable .... block - gone, ..... crank- cracked ..... did save two of the three heads....it were UGLY ....
Old OutLaw
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oh hell, I thot it was something else ...never mind, I'm being retarded.....
for some reason I thot it was a pushrod that was missing...... cheeeese .! I must be gettin' on.....
for some reason I thot it was a pushrod that was missing...... cheeeese .! I must be gettin' on.....
Dude, you need to quit while you are ahead.
Derek@Vision Diesel
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cheers!!:hammer:
Dieselboy.
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2 of 3 heads ?
7.3powerstroke00
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Must have had a big bad Minneapolis moline engine in that there truck if saved 2 out of 3 heads!:doh::doh:
Marty
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IDK if that guy is serious or not.
Old OutLaw
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It was a Cummins Big Cam 400 ....they have three heads.....
Swallered a pushtube.....
for those of you that don't know, it's a 855 CU inch inline 6 cylinder ...
have three pushtubes (pushrods, intake, exhaust, and Injector) for each cylinder...they're about 18 inches long, and about 5/8" in diameter ...
they sit on the lower followers, roller cam followers, and one got loose and jumped off the lower follower,
went down into the crankcase area, where it bounced happily around for a while, then got in between a spinning rod and the side of the block ...
after that, it got ugly in a hurry .....
Swallered a pushtube.....
for those of you that don't know, it's a 855 CU inch inline 6 cylinder ...
have three pushtubes (pushrods, intake, exhaust, and Injector) for each cylinder...they're about 18 inches long, and about 5/8" in diameter ...
they sit on the lower followers, roller cam followers, and one got loose and jumped off the lower follower,
went down into the crankcase area, where it bounced happily around for a while, then got in between a spinning rod and the side of the block ...
after that, it got ugly in a hurry .....
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PowerstrokeJunkie
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Oh man technical thread getting fun 
Did you flip the engine upside down to get the pan off to look for that bolt? If so it may be somewhere sitting on a rod or stuck somewhere when you flipped it back over?
Did you flip the engine upside down to get the pan off to look for that bolt? If so it may be somewhere sitting on a rod or stuck somewhere when you flipped it back over?
Old OutLaw
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just kMA dip****
