That is unbelievable, both in the fact that some low life stole them and that Speedway gave you a refund too. Ive never heard of them, but after i post this im going to look them up and see if there is anything i can support them with.

 

Speedway has been around forever, but early on was mainly a hotrod parts dealer. They've expanded out to muscle cars and trucks, etc. in recent years, and are obviously great company to deal with!

 

Had a setback Sat. while cruising down the freeway. There seems to be a rod knocking in the 327! Need to diagnose it further today, but I popped the valve covers off Sat. just to see if all was well there, but I knew the noise sounded too deep and solid to be valve train. I'll start pulling plug wires today and run it to see if I can isolate the cylinder, as a rod bearing or wrist pin will usually quiet down if it's not firing on the affected cylinder. Oil pressure is still 50 lbs., so not a lack of oil, and it never got hot, but did seem to run rougher.

 

You needed another winter project right? Sorry to hear that.

 

Sounds similar to what my wife said! She said, "Well now you wont get bored this winter!"

 

Did some diagnosis on the 327 yesterday. Pulled the valve covers again and working one cylinder at a time I adjusted valves down until I lost compression on the cylinder. Once I had no compression the knock went away on the affected cylinder, and it turned out to be #8. Not what I wanted to find, but it appears to be either a bearing or wrist pin on a rod. I'll pull the head and drop the pan to get #8 out, and then decide if the whole engine needs to be rebuilt, or just a repair there. I'm leaning towards a whole rebuild, as I don't want to do this again later on another cylinder.

 

Eh boy, it's always something. Maybe you'll get lucky and the problem will be isolated to the rod & piston.

 

That would be pretty lucky if it was that end of the rod! With the issues I've had with this motor, I'm guessing it's not. The shop that did the "total rebuild" does not have a great reputation for workmanship, so I wont get my hopes too high!
I'm seriously considering at least a total rotating assembly rebuild, and just honing the cylinders and putting in new rings. I just want the peace of mind that I'll have if I have it done, and assemble it myself.

 

So, are you thinking perhaps some of the JB Weld may have chipped off a rod journal?

 

Probably more like the Silly Putty finally wore through!