Official... raise your post count thread!!

[Bobcat]

BAMM!

Mornin!

Van just sheared off two Bolts off of the new Starter Motor....Might need a new Flywheel...

Now that's an awful sound.

[fund razor]

Classic symptom of reversion.

[Blue Oval]

Happy Mother’s Day

[Bobcat]

I'm an Orphan...

Might be Compressed Water...Some liquid came out of the CC when I jacked it up...

[Bobcat]

It's Official...Cylinder #5 is a Water Fountain, and the Starter didn't break the Bolts...it broke the Block...Getting quotes on used and Reman's..

It's either dump a Thou into this, or into the E-250...

I can buy a slightly Tuned Reman Long Block for $1250 , or a Used Fully Dressed for $750 delivered no Core Fee.

Decisions, decisions .

[Blue Oval]

What size engine?

[Bobcat]

4.3 Vortec

[Blue Oval]

Those were pretty good engines. A used engine should be ok?

[Bobcat]

Mornin!

I'm getting quotes from all over..I wonder if this is too good to be true?

https://spprecision.com/products/43-...gine-sale.html

[Blue Oval]

Are you attempting this yourself? Do you have a equipment rental place that has a cherry picker?

[rschap1]

Sounds like work no matter how it happens.

Good luck with it.

[sonicss31]

Mornin!

I'm getting quotes from all over..I wonder if this is too good to be true?

https://spprecision.com/products/43-...gine-sale.html

Might be time to put her down? I know it’s hard but she’s been telling you these past few months that her good days are outnumbered by her bad days. Now her heart has failed. Time to take her off life support.

[fund razor]

Damn. I hoped it wasn't water. But there was almost nothing else it could be.
I have invested a considerable number of flywheels and starters into my education on this.

[Bobcat]

Mornin!

The Water has been the problem all along...Multiple Misfires on #5.

I've got the Machines , remember I used the Lull to pop the Powerhead off of the 200 Merc.

Driving the Dump Truck....$24 a Day in Gas....

[fund razor]

[Blue Oval]

Back in the early 80’s as service manager we would dump water down old ladies carbs. Carbon would build up on top of the pistons, Bud would go get a coke bottle, fill it up with water, then rev up the old ladies car and run water thru the carb. It cleaned the carbon off the top of the pistons and the knock would go away for 6 months.

[fund razor]

Two important things Bud did: Let it get hot first, let the rotating assembly get a running start.

[rschap1]

Heard of drawing Sea Foam down the PVC to help clean up and loosen carbon before replacing plugs in the 5.4 fords...

[Bobcat]

Mornin!

Bring back Leaded Gas!!!!!

[Bobcat]