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I agree, you should give this guy a chance. It could have been a mistake of one of his workers, he should have the opportunity at minimum. |
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I did speak to him he says he gets shipments in every wednesday and thursday and he said he would send me a new engine with a video of the engine and odometer reading of the vehicle it comes out of so lets hope he is true to his word.
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here is the stamp I was talking about that read F100. Does this mean anything ?.........now Im back off to work my lunch is over...thanks for everyones help on this |
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We had a situation happen with a trans a while back. The guy had to be forced (and I'm one hell of a persuader) to replace the trans (said it was 2wd, but wasnt).
When we picked the new one up, I "speed offloaded" the old trans. Its a complex technique involving putting the engine on a moving blanket, and going 15-20 in reverse. Then you hit the "bed dump" which is also the brake pedal. Works like a charm, and no heavy equipment needed. |
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Lol... BR3 can I borrow you for a few hours ? Hopefully I won't need that kind of persuasion but couldn't hurt
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Go get him tiger!!!
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The vin history report says in may of 2013 it had 57k then in august of 2013 it jumps to127k...very strange, so how can you put over 60k mile rin 3 months ? Just too many weird things going on that puts doubts on my mind. |
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I agree I am really convinced not the same engine. I asked him about that and he said that they change accesories on the motors all the time to cater to what the customer wants, but I did quite a bit of zooming in on those pics that he took and there were marks on the pulleys and dipsticks that just are not there on the engine in my garage...big can of worms I seem to open those every so often lol |
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I almost bought a truck in 2002 or 2003, until I found out it had a salvage title. Dont get me wrong, if I knew the truck or trusted the seller, the salvage title would have been somewhat ok. It had a similar issue, the guy said he had JUST traded for it and didnt want the truck, it was a very nice looking truck from all angles, it had the LQ4 in it with a 4l60e ( the motor was swapped obviously. I asked to hear the motor run and he made some excuse and said to come back tomorrow for that, so at first I didnt think much about it, then came back after lunch when his employee was there and he had the VC off, man what a nasty mess! I then did a VIN check which told me about the salvage title which this dude wasnt going to tell me...so I walked but someone bought that truck and suffered for it I think...
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I pulled one of the valve covers today just to see what I would find.
Attachment 1231892 It looks pretty clean inside I guess, what do you guys think ? Attachment 1231895 Attachment 1231904 Here is under the valve cover and the numbers I was looking for Attachment 1231907 |
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Looks well taken care of. But I'm thinking its been replaced at some point, a 99 or 2000 wouldn't have the DBW that you have. Under the rail that holds the rockers on the left side of the headbetween the two cylinders is another date code like the one on your block, see what it says
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i pulled the valve covers off my 2004 5.3 and it was way nastier than the engine you got, i cleaned it up some under there (my motor also has 130k)...but still you paid for a certain item and didn't get it...id be out waiver guns in there air!!! I'm not done with my swap but if it turns out to be a bad motor or tranny I'm going to be super crazy mad...i drove 2.5 hours to get mine as well
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I don't know what to tell you to do, like you said its a coin toss. I have a 150k mile 4.8 that looks that clean, and a 995k mile 6.0 that was so sludged up I don't think the oil was ever changed. If you go to get another one, pull the oil filler out and look at the rocker you can see, it will tell you if its had regular oil changes at least.
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Thanks LS1, I am going to wait and see what he comes up with this comming week and go from there. Im thinking 995k above is a typo ? |
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I was just reading your profile and noticed your a seargent In the Marines, Just wanted to thank you for your service ! |
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Ya true, I also wonder sometimes if I ask questions that everyone knows but me lol...that oddness when the questions sit up there forever with no response lol
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By this forums standards, "forever" is more than 45 minutes lol
If you check the board more than me, then your on here too much ;) |
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Spoke to the guy I got my engine from today, he says their getting a 2008 Chevy Tahoe tomorrow that has the 5.3 and 4l65e with only 38k miles, says it is not a flex fuel... I'm trying to get him to give me that one but he says they normally get $3500 for those... He said he would try and see what he could do... I'm not getting my hopes up.
Someone set the car on fire for the insurance write off... Says no damage to the front end |
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she was already my ex...or really close...i was on the loan with her...didnt even know she was behind payments....real piece of work...oh man i can't stand her...we may have to move this to my other thread about ranting lol!!!
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