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Mike, Rain kept me off the boat today, but I'll look for the type of magnetic you describe and give it a try tomorrow. Thanks for clarifying. Any thoughts on timing chain jumping a tooth to cause the busted push rods? Thinking new timing chain and rods, if everything else checks out. North1

Mike, I was using one of those telescoping units with a small magnet on the end, but it's not flexible enough to get around the cam lobes or directly beneath the heads and valve area. I like your magnet on the string (fishing) suggestion. I'll bait 'er up this evening and see what I catch...

I pulled the intake manifold and found 2 of the 3 broken pieces. I don't see the 3rd piece anywhere. Possible points of exit are (from what I can see): valve ports, cutout slots over the camshaft opening, and area back by the distributor. These areas may not be plausible, but they are the...

Looking down the filler hole on the valve cover on my 1993 230 Sundancer I noticed one of the rockers was sideways. I removed both valve covers and found three busted push rods on 3 and 5. 1/3 of each rod was broken off, so I removed the intake and only found 2 of the 3 broken pieces. They...

I have two questions for the forum. I bought a 1993 230DA Sundancer this past fall and had the aft cabin mattresses thrown out (black mold I was told) based on the recommendation from the marina where I was storing the boat and having some work done. In hindsight, not a good move because I...