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03-30-2009, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: new mexico
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Re: Catastrophic engine failure avoided by a hair....
Man--that is tough!!!! I've never had a truck pee on me!
Hope the next build lasts a little longer! I think the newer vortechs are the way to go for longevity. Factory tolerances are so much better. john
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03-31-2009, 10:11 AM
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laying low
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Searcy, Ark. USA
Posts: 13,701
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Re: Catastrophic engine failure avoided by a hair....
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 I'm sorry. That engine seems to have been a "Christine" so to speak all along. Of course you guys will check or replace the valve seals while you have it down so maybe it'll go back all tight this time and stop this nonsense. [So it's official....I got 24,156 miles out of the rebuild and the motor has to be re-ringed. All this after 9 broken pushrods, 4 cracked rocker arms and a bad balancer SINCE THE REBUILD] I think no part of this engine should ever be used again when you are done with it. Don't save heads, crank, nothing! Scrap the SOB!
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