Brimmstone
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Ok here are the issues as they lay right now. Customer bought 94 F350 IDIT truck with knocking noise. Cracked injector lines and noise is still there but gets real loud with injectors tightened down. Compression was also low on those cylinders when doing a test. Here is issue. Customer found an engine on eBay for 1000 dollars. After being assured engine had not been bored or sleeved and had been sonic-tested engine was purchased. Engine is sitting in my garage currently in limbo because when pulling the heads to make sure correct valve seals had been used and to upgrade to studs it was discovered engine had been bored .030 over. I'm not real fond of 7.3s to begin with due to their thin cylinder walls and in my personal opinion an overbore on a 7.3 basically makes it a boat anchor. What is everyone else's opinion on this issue? I've got a call into a guy I know who does diesel engine machine work everyday but haven't heard back from him yet. Will be calling the shop I used to have do all my work in Ohio tomorrow morning when he opens up and check with him.