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Motor is toast….. spun 5 bearings…. Crank is done…. Total roadkill…..[ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Just checked timing chain, it’s got some slack but still on the marks (double chain “comp”) has anyone had an MSD 6AL send misfire??? I’m...
That’s why I’m hear… “now accepting all bad ideas!”
Is the FE motor capable of valve bottoming out? Say chain jumped? Also have you ever heard of a double roller jumping?
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I’ll do that, I have them separated with aluminum spacers, maybe I’ll go back to my zip ties, would a meter show a crack on resistance? I will...
Sorry I’m not good with valve work yet, my first motor I built was a /6 and I never mastered that valve system…. So you think the valves could...
I added cam, and double chain via Comp. And it ran perfect for 400 miles after rebuild… it’s what ever this other guy did… it came home hurt
I took out the weights, spring and bushings, rotated to spinning momentum and used a lock washer to seize it. I fired it and no luck. Timing is...
Pulled the fuel pump, maybe 2° of slack on the crank…. If the magnetic pic up is bad could it be sending bad signals or is the msd box many F’d?...
I’ll try the fuel pump trick for sure!! Never thought of that! All the push rods are spinning while running….
It’s running, so can’t be 180° out. It’s not a smooth idle, but not a burb and banger. No smoke from Exauhst, no back pressure on cooling system....
Sorry I’ll detail… I got the truck in poor mechanical shape. Sucked it up and a short blocked it at a local machine shop. Re-assembled and drove...
What time should I tow it over? J/k Unfortunately I’m not able to pull the motor at my house. I have a car lift, machine shop, and plenty of...
[ATTACH] If only I was that lucky, using some extra heater hose as a stethoscope it definitely is coming from the drivers 7-8 cylinder realm…....
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