Short Lived Loved Truck, Fixin to be on her feet
 

Well lets see I bought my truck a year ago.. and its the first one for me to BOMB so lets just say I'm kinda attached. Like a first GF that you go all the way with ... HAHA:lol88:... And a few weeks ago I was driving to school and my truck got hot.. so I knew something was up. Checked it out and thought it was just a cracked freeze plug, but got a closer look and found out that it was the block that cracked. So i tried to stop it with Liquid glass, and then Bars Stop Leak, needless to say they didnt help a bit. My parents Strongly suggested that I seal it and sell it. But first off I'm not that kinda guy, if i did that it would be on my consious forever, maybe im soft hearted but to me that just ain't right. And second i love my truck and it would kill me to sell it. But I found a truck i liked and decieded that if i could stop the leak I would try it. I tried to use high heat temp something or another, and JB weld. Nothing worked, so i called a guy that told me he would weld it and he still has not called me back, Jack Ass. My uncle called and told me that he has a block i can use. and my brother has a friend that would change the motor out for $1,000 including swapping the head. So now im on that route driving a pathetic 4 Banger and trying to figure out all this 99 to 02 block stuff because im doing the rebuilding on it. Just I guess telling a Story.. and, this is why im broke LOL... This is soppose to be in show and Tell I think?

Damn dude that sucks you got one of those "53" blocks:argh: Good luck with the rebuild, hope it all goes well.

Yea man to bad i found out about the "53" the hard way:argh:.... but thanks man ill need some luck on this rebuild

Atleast your in the right place to get answers to ?'s. Keep us updated.

put a duramax in it then you wont have that problem jk. it shouldnt be to hard i helped a buddie swap one it wasnt to bad just remember to mark every thing so its easyer when you put it back togeather. but good luck man hope it turns out good.

Your quite a comedian.

thanks for the compliment man. :c:

He said he wants to fix it....not make in worse:tttt:

lol i didnt think it could get any worse. but hats of to the fellow hope his build goes good!! best of luck with the new cummings

CUMMINGS??????? :bat::bat::bat: might wanna watch that around here haha. its Cummins, no G

crumblings is that what you wanted me to say ? lol jk its all fun and games till someone gets mad. atleast we all own diesels.

haha i wasnt mad at all. just wanted to educate the durajap owner lol:w2:

no matter what you are going to spend money on it to fix it. so fix it right the first time via stitch weld put it back together and drive it and enjoy it.... maybe this link will help you out. its probally the most info you will find in 1 spot on the 53 blocks
53 Block FAQ and Information

i've heard that if you just weld a crack in a block, it will just continue to crack. I've also heard that the proper way to fix it is to make a small cut perpendicular to the crack at both ends, then weld it all back up. I watched my uncle do this with an old tractor and it fixed his problem. please correct me if i'm worng everybody. im just tryin to help but i would really hate to give someone faulty advice.

well i was going to weld it... but i talked to some ppl and decided not to,, then after i pulled it i found LOCK'N'SWITCH.... damn... but now im just looking for another block again because the 02 I found was all scrached up in the #3, And #6, n i really dont want to bore it out. So back to square one. Oh and on the dmax i think id rather fred flinstone it... haha... least id have more get up n go, Jk

A very entertaining thread to say the least!:tttt::tu:...you have a very nice sport truck there and I agree that you should keep it...have you looked into any specialized Dodge truck salvage yards?...I know there prices are higher then any P&P yard but they will usually guarantee their motors for like 90 days or more...I got a quote from a place here in NM and it was 2500 bucks for a complete engine...and I have seen new crate engine on E-bay go for 5G's for a 0 mile motor...another good place is your local auto auction...you can pick up a low mileage totaled out truck with a newer engine for as low as 1000 bucks and scrap the rest...I wish you luck on your engine search and rebuild.:c:

thanks man ill look into that