Your Truck Plans for 2012

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Originally Posted by bigguy69

what happened

Back in August, the therm. stuck and it overheated and boiled too much water out. I tried to get it home instead of stopping to think. The engine got VERY hot, which thinned the oil. The end result was 3 wiped cam lobes, several burnt lifters, several weakened valvesprings, and a stretched timing chain. The entire month of October was spent pulling the engine and replacing all this stuff, but it still didn't run right. Put a degree wheel on it to make sure I had it all installed correctly, which it was, but the engine is very hard to turn by hand. Without disassembly, I don't know exactly what the problem is, but the rotating assembly is in a bind somewhere.

I'm not sure if I want to go LSx at this time or just stick with small block.