Good News is the Goose Neck water inlet is fixed with no leaks. The silver solder worked out great.
I got the motor hooked up to battery and gasoline and she fired up no problem. Never got a chance to check oil pressure because when I revved the engine for the first time the pressure plate exploded. Not a noise you want to hear after spending a fortune on an engine rebuild. It sounded like the motor was tearing itself to bits. The bottom of the bell housing dust pan was filled with debris.
I removed the clutch and pressure plate and here is what was left.
The clutch and flywheel were not damaged. I thought that maybe the arms hit the fork for the throw out bearing but didn't see any damage or any indication that the arms came in contact with the fork. The following pictures are shot from looking down to the right and left of the bell housing and the last picture is looking up from underneath the bell housing. The fork is tie wrapped in place with no apparent marks from the event.
I guess there is a limit to how many times you can rebuild a pressure plate.
So now I need to source a solution. Any suggestions ??
Not having a lot of fun at this point !!
I got the motor hooked up to battery and gasoline and she fired up no problem. Never got a chance to check oil pressure because when I revved the engine for the first time the pressure plate exploded. Not a noise you want to hear after spending a fortune on an engine rebuild. It sounded like the motor was tearing itself to bits. The bottom of the bell housing dust pan was filled with debris.
I removed the clutch and pressure plate and here is what was left.
The clutch and flywheel were not damaged. I thought that maybe the arms hit the fork for the throw out bearing but didn't see any damage or any indication that the arms came in contact with the fork. The following pictures are shot from looking down to the right and left of the bell housing and the last picture is looking up from underneath the bell housing. The fork is tie wrapped in place with no apparent marks from the event.
I guess there is a limit to how many times you can rebuild a pressure plate.
So now I need to source a solution. Any suggestions ??
Not having a lot of fun at this point !!