i found a snap on socket in my engine - Lateral-g Forums

Joey316G · #1 11-29-2008, 03:35 PM

Ok i used to work for a huge engine remanufacturer. We had an area of the asssembly line that would install timing covers and oil pans. On small block chevys, we used intermediate shafts (oil pump drive) with a pinned steel sleeve so all you had to do was drop it in the hole and then bolt the pump on. There is enough room to engage the shaft after everything is on and the engine is right side up. We would pull engines off the line randomly and put them on our dyno..this was my dept. SO we put this engine on the dyno and couldnt get the distributor seated for anything. So we pulled the engine off and pulled the pan to see what the deal is and presto!!!!!!!!

6 INCH 3/8 DRIVE EXTENSION....HAHAHHAHAHAHA

The resemblance to a melling intermediate shaft was uncanny....hahhahaaaa

**Spiffav8** · #2 11-30-2008, 01:59 PM

I found a dime in the engine that blew up in my car. Kind of odd.

I also found a wrench welded to the hot section on one of the engines of an airplane I flew. The guy it belonged to swore up and down that it wasn't his, but it had his name engraved on it.