| Re: I'm this >< close....to giving up |
Subject: Re: I'm this >< close....to giving up by LD85 on 2008/5/19 13:14:07 Ahhh, the memories,,, I recall having to pull the 1ST 406CI engine I built 3 times because of low oil pressure, I had the short block built by a local shop and the first time it appears that metal shavings from the machining process were pumped thru the bearings, then the 2nd time @ 10 days later, there was a knock coming from the front of the engine where the crank counter weight was hitting the block and the builder said "they don't know why this is happening but pull it and bring it back", then the 3rd time @ 14 days later, I realized that the heads were sucking oil thru a gap in the intake to head gasket MY FAULT,,, then @ 1 year later detonation caused 3 Hypereutectic pistons to blow up (MY FAULT), so I pulled the engine and had it rebuilt with new forged pistons and the builder cracked the Damper when he put the damper on with an impact wrench,, so @ 3 months after I got the new engine, the crank damper fell off and it ate up the crank snout,,,,so I bought a new forged crank..... right now, I am still chasing a vibration from 3200-rpm and up,,, So the moral to this story is,,,it sucks to be me sometimes, but boy have I learned a lot about patience and cars, and credit cards, and oil pressure,, well,,, you get the gist of it |
