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Old 10-16-2004, 11:57 PM   #15
darksaga
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Originally Posted by N2TRUX
Your "assuming" the truck motor can be rebuilt. Even though you shut it down right away, it might still be junk. "Thrown a rod" is a pretty generic term. Did it spin a rod bearing, or did a connecting rod let go? If the rod actually broke, the block could be unsavable junk.

I vote you get a crate motor, or at least a long block and get it back on the road.....

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