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Old 03-16-2012, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by lust4speed View Post
I'm going back over to the shop tomorrow and help repair the hole that was drilled through the dowel and into the oil passage . The car's owner said that the dowel was tough drilling and when the drill bit broke through, it went through the block before he could back off. It looks like the distance from the dowel hole bottom to the passage was just over a 1/4". We're going to thread the hole in the block and Loctite in a set screw. The good news is that passage goes directly from the oil pump to the oil filter, so the debris went straight into the filter.
Man! Mr. Murphy just has to show up doesn't he!

Karl