bent push rod

[sixpack_sid]

I bought a 440 out of a newyorker so I started cleaning it getting it ready for paint. and changing a few gaskets. When I pulled the valley pan of I found a bent  push rod just laying there. But all the rods were in place none misssing. Whats up with that? And when I pulled the oil pan it was very clean .

Sid

[BrianShaughnessy]

Somebody bent a pushrod in the past and was too lazy to pull the intake and valley pan to get it out.

Lots of dumb things happen over 40 years.