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Originally Posted by Kenth
The 1967 Pontiac Service Manual is correct regarding piston/rod orientation as showed in Fig. 6-80 and Fig. 6-136.
FWIW
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Mikes reply:
Someone indicated that in one of the Manuals, possibly 1968 then, that a drawing was shown from the front of the vehicle looking back toward the windshield and the draftsman did not call out what direction to look from, with an arrow. You will find both the drawings in my threads. I am not giving any mechanic an excuse for misreading a confusing drawing.
No matter, in my case, to have seven Pistons in reverse for race reasons, does "not" negate the # 2 Piston being the only one to be correct. The # 6 Rod also, why would anyone orientate that particular rod backward? Unless he modified it by clogging the squirt hole with a rod and then drilled the other side to compensate to squirt the oil into the opposite cylinders Piston pin area. This, I will find out, when I rip it apart soon.
If the mechanic was any good, he could have ground down any rod, "not" to interfere with the weight side of the Crank, when he performed this build. I have been trying to reason, "what would I have done? If all I had to work with was the parts in my motor. Then you must add to the aquation, it is "not" like the builder of my motor was out to sea repairing this motor, with only its parts. There I go over thinking again, my bad!