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79gmcc15 · 12-21-2008, 02:21 AM

ok, so my old girl has been siting for about a year and a half without being started. gas I am sure is well gone I am sure. and I will be moving in January to a new house. I have had the offer from a really nice guy (company ups driver in fact) to help me put a new*well used* motor in my girl for price of a bottle of jack *told him money was tight*

. apparently he has a shop and does custom work on stangs. but I am sting here and thinking. I don't know what is wrong with the "new" motor. but I do know mostly what is wrong with this one. and what is known is that it burns oil like crazy. and apparently it has a barring knock when you start it up. and the radiator is old and needs to go soon. and ever since I took off the belt that drove the busted ac. the stearing seems to be under powered. so do I swap some re-built heads on her and driver her till I get a proper v8 in there? or do I go with a used and un-known motor in there and run it till I get a good motor? it wont be a dd and mostly runs to hardware store or dump runs and maybe some camping trips lol. I miss it! lol

oh btw. I did have a compresstion test done to the truck when it was my dd and found out that it had a really good compression and that the oil is coming from the heads via the guides.

View Poll Results: which one?
new heads and run it!	2	33.33%
swap out with used and run it!	4	66.67%
Voters: 6. You may not vote on this poll

12-21-2008, 02:21 AM	#1
79gmcc15 Gettin It One Pice At A Time Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: everett, washington Posts: 2,688	opinions ok, so my old girl has been siting for about a year and a half without being started. gas I am sure is well gone I am sure. and I will be moving in January to a new house. I have had the offer from a really nice guy (company ups driver in fact) to help me put a newwell used motor in my girl for price of a bottle of jack told him money was tight . apparently he has a shop and does custom work on stangs. but I am sting here and thinking. I don't know what is wrong with the "new" motor. but I do know mostly what is wrong with this one. and what is known is that it burns oil like crazy. and apparently it has a barring knock when you start it up. and the radiator is old and needs to go soon. and ever since I took off the belt that drove the busted ac. the stearing seems to be under powered. so do I swap some re-built heads on her and driver her till I get a proper v8 in there? or do I go with a used and un-known motor in there and run it till I get a good motor? it wont be a dd and mostly runs to hardware store or dump runs and maybe some camping trips lol. I miss it! lol oh btw. I did have a compresstion test done to the truck when it was my dd and found out that it had a really good compression and that the oil is coming from the heads via the guides. __________________ RIP ELJAY Work In Progress 1979 GMC C1500 Trailering Special. Getting the truck done, one piece at a time. “You can tell a lot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans.”Ronald Reagan “I don’t know the key to success but I know the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” Bill Cosby Last edited by 79gmcc15; 12-21-2008 at 02:27 AM.

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