Re: 304 valve noise

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>In Linda Tripp's secret telephone recording, Monica and "Chuck Welles"
><cfw3@domain.elided> were heard saying...
>
>>Anyway,
>>with a few well placed blasts of air out shot a little aluminum
>>pellet (about .25 inches in diameter) which was lodged in the oil
>>passage which fed the rear main and cam.
>>
>>I couldn't believe it, how it got there I dont know, but I remember
>>seeing a warning about a plug in the gasket set I bought from felpro.
>>Anyway, I reassembled everything with a new cam, lifters, pushrods,
>>and rocker assemblies (just to be sure) and the motor runs like new
>>again.
>
>I can tell you *exactly* where that little silver colored plug came from...
>but I want your three best guesses first! <grin>

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WAG #1:

From the guts of an oil filter??

Greg