i was test driving a customer car today, and saw a guy that works at another shop in the same town as me sitting in a customer truck on the side of the road. there was a trail of oil leading to where the truck was sitting, so of course i followed it, and at the end i found this.
yes folks, that is a connecting rod, it's really clean, and marked #5 as if the engine had just been overhauled. one nut was missing, the other i could take off with my fingers. hmmmmmmmmmmm, i wonder what happened?