Anyone in MD?

[hookdonspeed]

something inside def broke, and sounds like around cyl #1 pulled the starter and turned the flywheel bout 1/4 turn backwards and heard some chunks of something falling, put a breaker bar on the crank and turned it back forward to hear scraping and grinding for bout 1/8 of a turn before it stoped again....

gona pull the engine out this weekend and hopefully figureout what happened

might get lucky and just have been a chain? *crosses fingers*

[neophile_17]

Ouch,

I hope it's something simple, easy, and cheap.

[hookdonspeed]

me too..,. but im not that lucky. :/

wonder how hard it will be to pull an engine at crazy rays... never did one myself at a yard before... lol, sounds like a pita :/

[neophile_17]

It's not sooo bad. I got mine out in a little over 4 hours, but I had to wait a fair amount for the front end loader. Much easier than pulling Vortec heads from a van. A battery powered sawzall would've cut the time down considerably. Is it too early to start my X-mas list?

[hookdonspeed]

man, really hope it doesnt come to that :/

can the 3500 come out the top?

[hookdonspeed]

man, really hope it doesnt come to that :/

can the 3500 come out the top?

[neophile_17]

Yeah, that's how I got mine out. I wanted to keep all the exhaust manifolds and everything so it'd be a lot easier if you don't care about that stuff. You do need to clear a little extra space because a front end loader is much more of blunt a instrument than a hoist. The one 3500 had 1/2 the front end missing, that might be a help or a hurt depending on if the wreck blocked bolts or removed stuff in the way.

[hookdonspeed]

ill have to go look on sat, posted on CL looking ofr labor to help pull it, got an offer of $35... cant beat that 1!

[neophile_17]

Very cool. I'd offer to help but there's just too much I need to get done this weekend. Happy wrenching.

[robert 1980]

Sorry to hear about your engine.I know it's a few hours away.But i was going to use them to purchase a 3500.
Because i was not sure if i was going to build my 3400 or just do the 3500 swap.It's in south jersey 609-723-8924 is the number they have 4 or 5 already to go for 350 dollars with like 20xxx miles

[neophile_17]

How did you make out?

[hookdonspeed]

riped down the engine that broke to see if it was fixable, wall on cyl2 is scatched pretty good, i just ordered a new motor from rons A&B, be here tomorrow... $500 with a year warranty...

[unchained01]

glad to hear you got something going and slow down on that starting fluid !!! LOL

[hookdonspeed]

i know right?!!? like seriously tho, we didnt use that much, idk wtf happened... lol, oh well, ill have a good head, a damaged head, rods, crank intake and fuel rail for sale soon :P

[neophile_17]

Sucks about the engine, but good to hear you've got a path forward. Any idea what scored the wall?