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Pictured is what happens when the valve retaining ring gets destroyed by the rocker, or the valve seized, or the guide backed out into the continuously moving rocker. Whatever it was, at least it happened 3000ft over a little Arizona airport with two of the most knowledgeable A&Ps around.

O-540 in a ‘66 Cherokee Six
 

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