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Busted Rocker
Just to prove you guys in the States aren,t the only ones into barnyard mechanicing - Heres one I made earlier !!! Rocker snapped on me (old age and too many high revs) and I needed to shift the 5 cylinder car to somewhere to make permanent repairs. So drilled the rocker bolted a bit of steel to it, added a jubilee clip for good measure, and to look profesional!!. Got it back to 5 1/2 cylinders and drove it about 60 miles to get it into my workshop. M30 - good old fashioned low tech lump, a bit like me really!
2 Grand Master
nice work
Grand Master
Lol, are those metal shavings I see everywhere?
4 Grand Master
Congratulations on your resourcefulness.
I doubt you will be able to employ a "jubilee clip" to repair all the destroyed engine bearings once those metal chips find there way into the oiling system.
Wash that **** out of it now if it's not already too late.
"The gas pedal wouldn't go to the floor if it weren't meant to be there"
Grand Master
You're a braver man than me!
1995 XJR: 4.0L S/charged straight 6 Auto
What... It's not broken??? I can still fix it
Major Contributor
No sh*t, now how cool is that?! Something I'd do in a pinch.
gale
92 735i 5-spd, turbo project finally underway!
Big, Big Time Poster
nice work! i broke a rocker arm a few years ago when i was about 20 miles from home. drove it back on 5 cylinders!
Fellas
There is a limit to how rough I,d be even when really bodging something up!!!
There were bits of rag stuffed down holes during the drilling and the vacumn cleaner came out and shifted the swarf before the old dog was started up. Photos were taken after assembly and before clean up.
DESPERATION IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION.
2 Grand Master
dude - call a tow truck!!
5-10 Grand Master
Haha seriously - dude 1970 called they want their rockers back!
Hydraulic ftw!!!
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