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Old May 3, 2018 | 07:24 PM
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Make sure those tubes are straight before you weld and after. Otherwise, you'll chew through bearings.

Hope you have a good 240V or better welder. Welding to cast steel, IMO, is harder than aluminum. It's certainly more time consuming because you have to heat it up before welding and let it cool slow.
 
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Old May 5, 2018 | 10:25 PM
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The welding to cast won’t be an issue. My buddy owns a welding company and it going to get it all welded up for me. On another note, the rear end project is on hold until I find another engine. Mine blew up....
 
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Old May 6, 2018 | 12:07 PM
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got one in the shed,,,, has about 90k on it and ran fine when i took it out,,, lol, cost to ship would be stupid.
 
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Old May 6, 2018 | 04:00 PM
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Where are you located craby?
 
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Old May 6, 2018 | 05:43 PM
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lol, tokeland washington, cant get much more west in the lower 48
 
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Old May 6, 2018 | 05:44 PM
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a long ways from you.
 
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Old May 6, 2018 | 09:13 PM
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Guess I’m gonna tear this engine down and see if it’s salvageable. Gonna try to rebuild it with a mild cam and springs and throw it back in.





I’ll update on Tuesday when I get the engine out.
 
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Old May 7, 2018 | 06:31 PM
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If you were closer, I'd trade you for the one I have sitting on the engine stand with 87k miles.

You going out the top? Make sure you got something to tilt the engine at an angle. Makes it a ton easier.
 
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Old May 8, 2018 | 05:53 PM
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have you been able to see the bottom of lifter yet
 
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Old May 8, 2018 | 09:56 PM
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I can see the bottom of the lifter through the inspection hole in the lifter valley. It’s destroyed. Roller is gone and like 1/4” of the bottom of the lifter is completely gone. Cam lobe looks okay. Have the engine ready to pull. Gonna yank it tomorrow night.

 
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