re: Wrong Golf Tee

[Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV]

Mark Bunce wrote (about his Spitfire):

>>The car is a 1970
MKlll, but the engine is a 1969. The DPO blew the 4th piston rod due to lack
of oil. It seems the engine was leaking oil from the sender so he took it off
and plugged the hole with a golf tee. The tee fell out and the engine spun
a bearing.<<

He probably used a plastic tee instead of a wood one.  (Hey -- it*s an honest
mistake.)  The plastic gets mushy when the block heats up, and
then it can come out.  
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Martin Secrest
73 GT6   
74 Spitfire