Freight_Train
Traitor to the brotherhood
Did you have the Exhaust side covered?Didn't see it in the OG post
Agnem said:The manifolds are on it, if that is what you mean.
or they reused the valley pan
Agnem said:Thanks for the suggestions guys. Towcat is probabably right, but I have to way the pro's and cons. Here's the deal. I bought this truck and it ran, but I never took it out on the highway. I puttered around the neighborhood with it (crushed cab, no bed, no license plate, etc.) and got it up to operating temp. It sounded good, and everything looked real good. BUT, I still don't really know what I have here. The headgaskets were supposedly done shortly before I bought it, and I believe that. I can see that they have been done. I'd rather not sink a lot of money into this engine until I see what it reallly needs, so I'm inclined to try and soak it and get it to free up and just run it. If it ends up being a dud, I won't know if it was because of this, or because it was that way already. I'm thinking I'll find a glow plug air fitting adapter, and try presurizing each cylinder with some PB Blaster in there and see if I can get it to free up. The thing that is really bothering me though, is how it got this way. I know it turned over freely when I took the trans off of it, which was just prior to my washing it. The only thing I can figure is I somehow got water in the intake, but what troubles me most is that it may not have gone in through the opening which was all duct taped up.
Agnem said:Mel walks into room with hands high over his head waving...
OK HOLD THE PHONE.... STOP THE PRESSES!.
Headlines read "Mel Agne is an idiot".
One thing I'm sure of as I get older, is that I can't be sure of anything. After dumping about 2 cans worth of PB blaster into this poor engine, I've decided I should have squirted them up my butt instead. It would appear that when I unbolted the transmission from the engine, it magically un-siezed. :***:
I checked the trans and the torque converter, and they are both good. Put them back together, and it's tight as a drum. Something is amiss in my new torque converter me thinks.
Agnem said:Mel walks into room with hands high over his head waving...
OK HOLD THE PHONE.... STOP THE PRESSES!.
Headlines read "Mel Agne is an idiot".
One thing I'm sure of as I get older, is that I can't be sure of anything. After dumping about 2 cans worth of PB blaster into this poor engine, I've decided I should have squirted them up my butt instead. It would appear that when I unbolted the transmission from the engine, it magically un-siezed. :***:
I checked the trans and the torque converter, and they are both good. Put them back together, and it's tight as a drum. Something is amiss in my new torque converter me thinks.