After 7 years of making them my bread and butter I finally came across one I couldn't pass up. Many of you probably seen my tech thread, well the purchase was finalized and I'm eager to get her ripped apart.
Basically a good customers truck. Month ago he came to me for some injector work. He said he wanted to keep the truck for a few more years so he wanted nothing but the best of injector. So I tossed a complete set of premiums in and off he went. Month later he shows up and there is just this ever so slight ticking sound. So undistinguished I almost said to ride it out. But as the engine got hotter it was more pronounced. I pulled the oil plug and cut oil filter open and found what I believe is lifter material. He decided not to fix it and I made an offer.
04 196k 4x4 auto. Plans are to get the motor out the front and see what kind of damage we have. I'm expecting one failed lifter but ok cam. Heads have never been off but he didn't have pressure so I might just clean them up and stud it. We'll see when it's apart, might do HPOP as well.
After she's up and running I want to look into a ZF6 swap.
Basically a good customers truck. Month ago he came to me for some injector work. He said he wanted to keep the truck for a few more years so he wanted nothing but the best of injector. So I tossed a complete set of premiums in and off he went. Month later he shows up and there is just this ever so slight ticking sound. So undistinguished I almost said to ride it out. But as the engine got hotter it was more pronounced. I pulled the oil plug and cut oil filter open and found what I believe is lifter material. He decided not to fix it and I made an offer.
04 196k 4x4 auto. Plans are to get the motor out the front and see what kind of damage we have. I'm expecting one failed lifter but ok cam. Heads have never been off but he didn't have pressure so I might just clean them up and stud it. We'll see when it's apart, might do HPOP as well.
After she's up and running I want to look into a ZF6 swap.