She finally had enough

[907DAVE]

And the piston.................

























Pretty nice spray pattern thought................

[907DAVE]

And a big hole...........

[907DAVE]

After analyzing the rod, it appears it had cracked, and kept cracking until the last 1/8 inch , then broke completely. You can see it in the piston pic's.


hmmm...........

[cleatus12r]

You're right about the spray pattern.

Again, if you need any parts, I have quite a few (front cover, oil pan, pickup, etc.)

[907DAVE]

Thanks Cody! I will let you know if I need anything.

[907DAVE]

Good news, my block came back from the machine shop with a clean bill of health. No cracks, and will need to be bored .030 and will need one sleeve. So I will be filling the block next week, then sending it back to the machine shop for them to finish up when the rest of my parts show up.

[hayjayhorses]

I take it the rods must be powder metal (did I say that right?).

I blew a 7.3 a few years ago, it had over 600,000 miles on it. Well realy starting fluid did, it a cracked a piston.

I rebuilt a 2001 7.3 last year every thing new from turbo to oil pan and I have it sitting in storage in case one of my 7.3 lets go.