Wanted to share my dismantling of this 292 truck engine and proof of how tuff this y block was. It had ECG-C heads, 1 dearborn,other canadian, noticed # 5 piston had been hammering on head and when i pulled the rod cap off it had been running on the steel bearing backs and worn .050" into journal, like a mini stroker! there was no sign of heat or discolored journal and everything was oily suggesting it ran till it was removed from truck.!!! the # 1 bearing had just started to hammer out the copper backing as pictured but all the other bearings were perfect! The crank was .040 on pins and .050" on mains according to bearing shells. I,ve pulled hundreds of engines apart that were burnt blue from less wear than this!! It had ECK grooved cam that was like new, and yet had the external oil bypass into valve covers. The front crank c/weight had been stamped with maybe engine builders job # ??. Also i have pictured the offset of rocker arm tip to valve tip alignment and point out for newer members that this can be easily shimed across with washers and take the side load off the arm. This was one mean reliable strong old y block engine! regards bill.

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