Posted by hillbilly2 on April 16, 2016 at 19:49:56 from (70.194.14.115):
Today I started up the Ford 2610 diesel to warm it up to change the oil. I pulled it in front of barn and thought I set the parking brake. Then I did the same with riding lawnmower. I went in the barn and moved a few things around and then noticed I could only hear the lawnmower running.
I looked outside and the Ford took a nose dive into the pond while running at about 1200 rpm. The water was about 4 ft deep in that area but it was enough to suck water in and kill the engine.
I pulled it out right away and put it in the barn and started tearing the engine down to pull the head and pan off because I could see it had blown the head gasket out when it sucked the water in.
One I got the head off I moved each piston to TDC and used a straight edge and feeler guage to measure height from deck to piston. #1 and #3 are both the same (about .008) and #2 is about 45 thousandths lower.
I would assume that means it has a bent rod. It still turns over fine, but I am wondering if it would be safe to run it that way or did it weaken rod and lower compression too much?
Sorry no pics. I had it out of the water in less than 5 minutes and knew it wasn't going to be a moment I wanted to remember.
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