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Gray Ghost · 04-06-2009, 08:06 AM

Yessir, you called that one!

Supposedly they had been rebuilt, they were not original to my motor. Jerrod said the seats blew out very early in the life of the head after it was installed during the rebuild process. Since we had to replace some rods and rockers early on, he felt the setting of the valves 'cured the seat problem for awhile. The side that head was on never had a problem that I knew of. The driver's side was the one that fouled all the plugs.

04-06-2009, 08:06 AM	#15
Gray Ghost Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Terrell, TX Posts: 1,967	Re: Catastrophic engine failure avoided by a hair.... Yessir, you called that one! Supposedly they had been rebuilt, they were not original to my motor. Jerrod said the seats blew out very early in the life of the head after it was installed during the rebuild process. Since we had to replace some rods and rockers early on, he felt the setting of the valves 'cured the seat problem for awhile. The side that head was on never had a problem that I knew of. The driver's side was the one that fouled all the plugs. __________________ Kelly '05 GMC Sierra SLE Z71 Bone stock except for new bed rail caps.