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Mar 12, 2010 | 04:08 PM

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housedad

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Oh, yes,. One more thing. Follow the instructions and absolutely make sure the cylinder you are doing has the piston at bottom dead center in the cylinder. Use a long skinny skrewdriver to physically check it before you ream.

Mar 12, 2010 | 06:30 PM

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WheelinDixie

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thanks. I have looked at the instructions and videos. I build rock crawlers and such and have done a bunch of wrenching/engine work so I am confidant I can do it. I just got the Ex though and am concerned with reliability of the fix. I just got a 25' TT and am planning a long cross country venture.

Mar 12, 2010 | 06:31 PM

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Oh and i do have an air ratchet and was planning on using that. CAREFULLY..lol

Mar 12, 2010 | 06:37 PM

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bigrigmike

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what are the years of this issue on the V-10's? I have a 2002

Mar 12, 2010 | 06:42 PM

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i think they changed the heads in 03. i could be wrong but i think so.

Mar 12, 2010 | 06:43 PM

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Reliability? Well the ones that I did are still going. over 20 of them. The oldest vehicle has near 50k miles on the inserts.

They really are better than the oem setup. It is a permanent steel liner that can't loosen up or back out, swaged in place so it won't loosen under heat stress, and a lot stronger than aluminum threads. These things are about as different from helicoils as a cell phone is from Graham Bells original experiment.

Mar 12, 2010 | 08:32 PM

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So, If you were planning a 6 month or so 25000+ mile trip would you do all 10 now while you have access to air tools and such or just carry it with you to fix if it happens? Again Im pretty mechanical and have done many a roadside fix and you would be surprized what you have to fix when trail riding and rock crawling.

Mar 12, 2010 | 09:38 PM

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housedad

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It takes a hour or two to do each cylinder correctly. Given the criteria of a 25000 mile trip I would probably do alll of them I could beforehand. Then I would not ever have to worry about them again. The time-sert is that good of a repair.