[MBZ] Question about the 350SDL

2005-10-12 Thread Donald Snook
Listers, I know there has been some negative discussion about the 350SDLs. I think several people have described them as rod-benders. Is this as widespread and catastrophic as it sounds. I know that the head problem on the 86-87 SDLs is less widespread than I thought. I believe Marshall re

Re: [MBZ] Question about the 350SDL

2005-10-12 Thread Marshall Booth
Donald Snook wrote: I know there has been some negative discussion about the 350SDLs. I think several people have described them as rod-benders. Is this as widespread and catastrophic as it sounds. I know that the head problem on the 86-87 SDLs is less widespread than I thought. I believe Ma

Re: [MBZ] Question about the 350SDL

2005-10-12 Thread dave walton
It is quite real. Personally, 100% of the rodbender engines I have been exposed to (total of 1) had bent rods. Luckily a blown head gasket gave me a chance to discover the problem before things got too bad - I hope... The only indication I had previous to that was a compression test. 425 psi for c

Re: [MBZ] Question about the 350SDL

2005-10-12 Thread Marshall Booth
dave walton wrote: It is quite real. Personally, 100% of the rodbender engines I have been exposed to (total of 1) had bent rods. Luckily a blown head gasket gave me a chance to discover the problem before things got too bad - I hope... The only indication I had previous to that was a compressio