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Originally Posted by waituntilthebeep
OH MAN... this is the truck that just keeps on giving. Freakin posessed. One step forward. Nope, not happening.
So... I put a long block in to solve the issues I was having with the old, worn out engine. NOW, I got the intake resealed and retimed and tuned and the engine won't turn over when it is above 170 degrees. Yep, I know the drill. Timing too far advanced? Nope. Starter causing issues. Nope. That is brand new and cranks like a demon. Weak battery? Nope. Good wiring? Yes. Run the engine and as it warms up, it starts running worse and worse. Shut it down at about 170 or 180 and try to crank it, clunk, raaa. No crank. I put a ratchet on the crank bolt and tried to turn it and it is so friggen tight. Would take a breaker bar to rotate it. Let it cool down to 150 or below and it cranks. Someone botched it and put the wrong bearings in it. I am so frustrated. Gotta call the builder and see what they plan to do about it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I hate this truck. I am too far into it to abandon the project now.
So... I put a long block in to solve the issues I was having with the old, worn out engine. NOW, I got the intake resealed and retimed and tuned and the engine won't turn over when it is above 170 degrees. Yep, I know the drill. Timing too far advanced? Nope. Starter causing issues. Nope. That is brand new and cranks like a demon. Weak battery? Nope. Good wiring? Yes. Run the engine and as it warms up, it starts running worse and worse. Shut it down at about 170 or 180 and try to crank it, clunk, raaa. No crank. I put a ratchet on the crank bolt and tried to turn it and it is so friggen tight. Would take a breaker bar to rotate it. Let it cool down to 150 or below and it cranks. Someone botched it and put the wrong bearings in it. I am so frustrated. Gotta call the builder and see what they plan to do about it. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I hate this truck. I am too far into it to abandon the project now.
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LOL. Yeah. Well... I skipped about 3 months of work in addition to the starter. I also had a charging issue that would cause poor spark and a fuel supply issue that was starving the carb and a cooling issue due to the electric rad fan and... and... Once I got all of the other stupid crap taken care of, I was able to get back to the starting when warm issue and THAT was resolved with a starter. I saved everyone the pages of repairs prior.
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