I can't call the k5 leaky anymore - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

ericguy320 · 05-27-2006, 11:48 AM

I got done rebuilding the transfer case and engine this week. Engine now has vortec heads caomp cams Xtreme 4x4 12-243-3 and coated bearings and pistons. im going to start on the tranny next week. I have to pressure wash all the oil and crud out of the engine bay this weekend. I don't think the engine I pulled out had ever be rebuilt, you could turn it over by had with the balancer with the plugs in it. It still had the plastic timing gear and the chain had so much slack it rubbed a hole in the bottom of the timing cover, the block had been cracked from sitting outside for so many years with out coolant. I cant belive i drove this thing to work 20 miles everyday for 8 months. I going from less that 100hp to 330, I wont know what to do.

RunTMCfan · 05-27-2006, 01:12 PM

Sweet!

I wasn't brave enough to rebuild my Tcase. I did remove it and reinstall it when I had the Tranny rebuilt as well. The Tcase still cost $600 for a complete overhaul.

It's looking good. Gotta love the orange.

krue · 05-27-2006, 11:31 PM

Looks good

**Yukon Jack** · 05-29-2006, 10:10 AM

Gonna be sweet.

Jason915 · 05-31-2006, 08:59 AM

I have a comp 4x4 cam in my GMC and love it, I was impressed with the low end torque I got out of my 355 with that cam and an EPS intake. Looks great I'll bet you cannot wait for it to run.

vtblazer · 06-01-2006, 06:13 AM

[QUOTE=ericguy320]I wont know what to do.QUOTE]

Oh, I bet you will.

Looking forward to seeing it back together.

Chevrolet4x4s · 06-01-2006, 08:13 AM

Looks good but give it a couple months and you can call it leaky again............you can never get a gm tiing cover to stop leaking

Shane

Jason915 · 06-01-2006, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chevrolet4x4s

Looks good but give it a couple months and you can call it leaky again............you can never get a gm tiing cover to stop leaking

Shane

I have never had a problem with a timming cover leaking, now on a Ford W yes they are hard to seal up but not on a SBC

Chevrolet4x4s · 06-01-2006, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason915

I have never had a problem with a timming cover leaking, now on a Ford W yes they are hard to seal up but not on a SBC

just a joke I started to say valve pans but it has vortech heads.....and the centerbolt covers never leak...so that would have looked even stupider had I said that

Shane

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 06-01-2006, 09:43 PM

Sweet set-up!!!!!!!

05-27-2006, 11:48 AM	#1
ericguy320 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 92	I can't call the k5 leaky anymore I got done rebuilding the transfer case and engine this week. Engine now has vortec heads caomp cams Xtreme 4x4 12-243-3 and coated bearings and pistons. im going to start on the tranny next week. I have to pressure wash all the oil and crud out of the engine bay this weekend. I don't think the engine I pulled out had ever be rebuilt, you could turn it over by had with the balancer with the plugs in it. It still had the plastic timing gear and the chain had so much slack it rubbed a hole in the bottom of the timing cover, the block had been cracked from sitting outside for so many years with out coolant. I cant belive i drove this thing to work 20 miles everyday for 8 months. I going from less that 100hp to 330, I wont know what to do. __________________ http://community.webshots.com/user/ericguy320 1972 Chevy C10 SOLD 1972 k5 blazer cst 350, sm465, rust 1993 gmc Typhoon for sale $13,900 obo 1980 Ironhead Sportster Last edited by ericguy320; 05-27-2006 at 11:48 AM.

05-27-2006, 01:12 PM	#2
RunTMCfan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 251	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore Sweet! I wasn't brave enough to rebuild my Tcase. I did remove it and reinstall it when I had the Tranny rebuilt as well. The Tcase still cost $600 for a complete overhaul. It's looking good. Gotta love the orange. __________________ Rob "RunTMCfan"

05-27-2006, 11:31 PM	#3
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore Looks good __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck" Last edited by krue; 05-27-2006 at 11:32 PM.

05-29-2006, 10:10 AM	#4
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore Gonna be sweet. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

05-31-2006, 08:59 AM	#5
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore I have a comp 4x4 cam in my GMC and love it, I was impressed with the low end torque I got out of my 355 with that cam and an EPS intake. Looks great I'll bet you cannot wait for it to run. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

06-01-2006, 06:13 AM	#6
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore [QUOTE=ericguy320]I wont know what to do.QUOTE] Oh, I bet you will. Looking forward to seeing it back together.

06-01-2006, 08:13 AM	#7
Chevrolet4x4s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: WV Posts: 227	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore Looks good but give it a couple months and you can call it leaky again............you can never get a gm tiing cover to stop leaking Shane __________________ 1993 K1500 350 5 speed 1985 K10 Silverado Vortec 406 5 speed (in body shop) "I been drivin' this '85 pickup truck Them buddies of mine call it a bucket of rust She's a little beat up but she still runs like the wind Yeah, kinda like me I been banged and bruisedBeen around the block a time or two But I'm runnin' like new goin' places I never been No, I ain't broke I'm just broken in" 1963 Dodge Townwagon(its amazng what 30 years and zero miles will do to a vehicle ) Member#20327

06-01-2006, 09:43 PM	#10
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,592	Re: I can't call the k5 leaky anymore Sweet set-up!!!!!!! __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..



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