Originally Posted by Bosshogg

yeah when we were in the chat room the other night ed claimed to have "not been hard on it at all that day..."

All I can say is, he knows how to blow em up right!!!!


BTW, How does #6 look just out of curiosity....

Originally Posted by stkdram55

lets see first he cut the manifold off with a plasma cutter...then he got a new RV engine to put in it and now he dropped two valves in the RV motor. Man ed you either really know how to drive the **** out of em...or you have the worst luck of any person i have ever met

Originally Posted by biged681985

two weekends in a row my truck has let me down and needed a tow home. but this time it wont be a 16 dollar gasket no matter what it is. i was headed home this morning about 9 a.m. i was doing 60 and started to accelerate at about 1/8-1/4 throttle and hit 65 then bang. knock knock knock knock knock. i got it to the side of the road. it is whte smoking at idle, very low power, and knocking real bad. i pulled the valve cover, push rods are all in correct spots, valves where there supposed to be. pulled intake off and checked turbo, barely any movement on the shaft. thinking its either a headgasket, injecter problem, or the rod bearings are shot. what do yall think.

Originally Posted by Feerless Fred

ive blown 3 or 4 engines most likely the bottom end , crank mains as no pistons came out the bottom? any main or rod bearing gone lowers your power like lo lo lo or just lo lo , its the knock knock,
now a timing error? if your lucky well thats a different knock , got to hear it, if it starts then it aint no timing problem.