I couldn't fine my other thread,,, so here goes,,,,,,, I was piddlin on the Massey Ferguson engine getting some measurements to machine a "sleeve pulling thingie when I noticed something odd on #4 rod journal on the crankshaft. I had went ahead and pulled the crankshaft to get better access to the #4 sleeve. I look closer and,,,,and,,,the friggin oil hole in the shaft looked to be plugged up,,,I tried to poke the stuff out and it was packed in tight,,,!!! I made me a little cotkscrew and fished out a lot of what looked like perforated pieces of plastic,,I mean all the way thru the oil journal to where it comes out at the rear camshaft bearing register,,,,,WTF,,,??? I'm told this model of Continental engine uses an oil filter inside the oil pan and this looks to be the same material as those filters, I went ahead and pulled the camshaft and blew out ALL the oil galleys,,(this was the only'ist one that was plugged) and then blew everything out again for good measure,,,,,

 There,,,,I feel much better now,,,,,,,

 waiting on some phone calls bout some parts needed and I be ready to start assemblin

 See what ya'll think it looks like,,,,,

Looks like trouble!

 Well,,,,,,,I'll,,,,,,just,,,,,,be,,,,,,danged,,,,,,!!! You know, for once in a time or two,,,I try to pose a serious question,,,,,,,and ,,,,,and,,,,I "shoulda" known I'd get a bunch of wise azz answers,,,,,,,,,, That's what I get for associatin with a bunch of tricksters like these,,,,,,chit,,,,,I'm gonna pull up my pants and go home,,,,,,,,,,,

 UMMmmm,,,can I get an Amen out there,,,,??

 Well,,Thad,,,you prolly got to see some of my Dad's handi work,,,,on mechanikin,

 I remember he used to have a 36 chevy that had a bad rod journal and every so often he had to open the oil pan and get a piece of "special" leather that he would shave a sliver off with a razor just the size of the rod cap,,,,slip it under the cap,,,bolt it down and it would go for a few more weeks-months,,,,,,,,,,,that right there is the troot,,,,!!!

  I also remember when we lived in the mountains west of here,,there was this very steep hill called Denny Hill, you had to climb to get to the small village we lived in, Unpaved, rocky, and muddy when it rained,,bout every week,,,,, Anyway,,we comin back from the monthly grocery stocking up,,,car is full of groceries,,,and even more fuller with kids,,,So Dad takes a run at the mountain,,we get bout halfway and the old Chevy runs out of power and stops,,,we roll all the way back down,,,IN REverse with Mother screamin at him all the way down,,,, After the 3rd try,,Mom says she is taking us kids and walkin up Denny Hill,,

 He turns the car around and drives the car all the up IN REVERSE,,,!!! Who Knew,,??,

There is another story bout thet old Chevy for another day,,,,,

 OK,,Leon,,,you KNEW this one was comin din'cha,,,,??? I'm gonna want to buy bout half a dozen of those weld rods. I called the local weldin supply and the dude asks,,,"Say What,,??"  You know in these little backwoods places,,,we tend to stay a few years behind any sort of progress for some reason,,,,,,,

   Hey Chask,,,yeah,,we got woods but we call em Forest here,,,, I live down in the flatlands right at 3500 feet,, but bout 75 miles to the west of me are 12,000 feet mountains with lots of "woods",,,The boys have a small huntin place up there in 8,500 feet of  heavily wooded forest,,,,,

  Yeah,,Chask,,,I been up in that country and believe it on the skeeters,,and the wood ticks, and ,,,,and,,,them friggin hornets,,,them sons a beaches made a believer out of me,,,,with lots of respect,,,since that little incident,,I would always have a can of wasp killer close by,,,one of them that shoots like bout 113 feet,,,,,!!!!!!