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Old 04-15-2017, 08:38 AM   #7
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Re: Help Identifying Parts Found In 305e Oil Pan

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Originally Posted by kchampagne View Post
I'd be willing to bet that is a broken wrist pin clip. Was your engine ever rebuilt? If so they may have used the wrong clips. I had the same thing happen to my 305. Found the broken clips in the pan. Unfortunately for me, when the clip broke, the pin moved back and forth and gouged the cylinder. I had to have a sleeve installed.

I don't believe the engine has ever been rebuilt. I guess inneed to figure out exactly what a factory wrist pin looks like. This definitely doesn't look like a portion of a part. It looks like a complete piece with the ends formed like those of a hog ring.

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