RE:Parting '76 XL 350
(Date Posted:07/08/2009 21:39:24)
Well, you could probably put anew oil pump and bearings in it and it would be fine. In fact I'm not even sure that there's anything wrong with it really, but here's what happened. Okay I bought this about two months ago, and gave it an oil change. But when I took out the oil pickup filter, it was blocked by a bunch of gunk, possibly metal shavings. So I took the rocker box off and took the cam out, and the cam bearing surfaces were all worn down. so those shavings were pumped through the engine. But when I got to thinking, all the bearings are hardened steel, and the shavings for the most part were soft aluminum. So there might not be any damage at all, I would not know because I did not tear there engine down that far. But the wrist pin and crank felt good. But I did get a new cylinder head.
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