Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
Jumping a single tooth on that motor would cause it to run like ass but not make physical contact. Besides, if it did it wouldn't clear out one cylinder & seize locally. It would crash most all your valves into pistons & mangle them all real good. I'd need to see it myself to get a better guess but I wouldn't think it would be #2. Even if it had a balance shaft/belt that went it would pretty much give the same result I just described.
Yes. But all of that was secondary once I saw the parts in the cylinder. I thought about pulling the valve cover and also checking timing but I have been booked way too solid to do that. Had a cancellation today due to the snow and was happy for a little more time.