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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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I was in route to manhattan last night and my engine on my truck locked up. this sucks. has anyone priced a 5.4 modular long block lately? long block alone is 2500 bucks.

i dug into it today and this one is going to be tough to change out. here is a picture of what I did today
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 09:33 PM
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Ouch on the engine Matt. That is tough. Any idea what happened?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 09:57 PM
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180k of hell on that engine is what happened. I tow too much, drive to fast, and like high rpm. it was its time

i think it locked up. the oil pressure light came on and it died right then. no time to react.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2012 | 05:09 AM
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I'm still voting 10k oil change intervals as the culprit

Hopefully we can get it out of there tonight and see what happened on the bottom end, I know I'm curious
 
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Old Aug 20, 2012 | 09:04 AM
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Are you looking to overhaul, get used, new engine or different vehicle?
 
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i bought a new long block. going back together tonight / tomorrow / sunday and however flipping long it takes after that.

this is going to cost close to 5k by the time i am finished. shat
 
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Hopefully it's smooth sailing from here on out for ya
 
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 06:26 PM
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Good Luck!! Have fun!
 
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