Test drive gone wrong!!

[ricg]

well i got my part from ICON today, to fix my "death wobble", and it worked great. I took it out on a little test drive to see how it would hold up to some heavy pot holes and it didnt miss a beat. However I was overly excited about the situatuion and started driving the truck a little harder than normal. I did about 2 launches with a fellow PSA member and heard a faint whistle on the second launch. Didnt think much of it until i pulled in the drive way. I heard a sound, almost like a knock but not real loud, when i got out of the truck I got a sniff of that ,ole so familiar smell that the 6.0 gave me. Coolant all over the finder well, under the hood, and all under the truck. I looked under the truck and seen what looks like a tell tell sign of a blown head gasket.. So MERRY CHRISTMAS to me!! Time for studs i guess..

 

[weazel]

Bummer, sorry man, could be worse. At least you didn't crash it


Sent from in a ditch up side down and on fire with the wheels still spinning

 

[ricg]

lol... its always nice to hear the up side to everything

 

[6point0damn2004]

find weakness, fix weakness, triumph LOL

sorry about the bum luck, i remember when i blew em on my 6.0 :doh:

 

[91turbogsx]

When I read your thread title I expected worse. LOL

 

[Bair]

I thought you were gonna say you wrecked it!! Enough of those kind of threads recently. Glad it was ONLY head gaskets, but too bad anyway.

 

[HD F250]

That sucks, I hope you can afford to add a few go fast goodies along with studs while you are cab off.

 

[Racer X]

Ouch... That is bum luck when fixing one weak link immediately exposes another!

 

[Dkrazykracker32]

I know the feeling. Mine let go two days after stepping up to a 250hp tune but use it as an excuse to step it up.

 

[ricg]

True it could have been alot worse, the bad thing is just the timing.. so my goodies will have to wait. Im going to limp it to PSE tomorrow and let Dorian look it over.. If they are blown I will finally be doing the studs and the delete..

 

[B585Ford]

True it could have been alot worse, the bad thing is just the timing.. so my goodies will have to wait. Im going to limp it to PSE tomorrow and let Dorian look it over.. If they are blown I will finally be doing the studs and the delete..

If I hadn't blown mine I would still be on stock turbo's...its a blessing in disguise. Now if my HPFP would give up, I will really be in business.

 

[kicker417]

What icon part were you tryin out. Sorry for the derail

 

[ricg]

I replace the hiem joint for the trac-bar to get rid of death wobble

 

[03 tx pwr stroke]

I'm still sick about this man. Your truck is my inspiration to get mine together and get it done!!!!

 

[ricg]

Got the ole truck to the shop on Saturday with no overheating or puking. Now just waiting on the phone call that tells me what went wrong and the amount of money Im about to spend to get it right.. lol

 

[Ross@Flyindiesel]

dorian will treat you right! never met the guy but fam friend of mine is and they do good work down there!

 

[ricg]

I've heard nothing but great things about him as well.. I got a chance too talk with Dorian Saturday and he's cool as a fan.. Real down to earth kinda guy..

 

[Dkrazykracker32]

Dorian and his guys are great bud. He'll keep you updated every step of the way. I was so satisfied I dropped off two cases of BudLite when I picked up the truck. Can't compliment him enough! PSE FTW!

 

[ricg]

a little update!! I was right about the HG's so now while its under the knife looks like I'll be adding a new oil cooler, egr delete, of course studs, 5" exhaust, and a s&b intake for now. lets see what else I can get the wife to agree on.. lol

 

[Jeremyleggett07]

Yea I saw ur truck there yesterday! Lol dropped mine off for Y-pipe replacement and maybe a new turbo if all works out!