03-28-2011, 11:58 AM
Well Folks, It's all back together and running again!
Thanks Chuck!
I returned from Topeka, KS on Saturday. I called Chuck expecting to hear "So what do you want to do with this thing?" and all he said was "do you need a ride over hear?".I hung up the phone and headed over there. I thought well I guess we are going to tear into it. I arrived at his house and he had my truck sitting in the back yard. He had a grin on his face, opened the door and turned the key, VAROOOM!
He redid my Chitty intake gasket job. Apparently it was leaking at the rear coolant port, When we filled the radiator last weekend it was taking alot of water. The water ended up going right into the oil pan. He showed me the leaking gasket he removed that was soaked through. I seemed like we had it lined up and RTV'd good the first time, but I guess not.
He dropped the oil pan, fished out the Rod and reinstalled it with a new gasket.
He put the distributor back in, and adjusted the timing.
He even pressure washed the under carriage blasting off all the oil and grime from the constant oil leak I had for a while.
I'm sure I left out some of the process of all the work he did. I wish I could have been there to help. In all the years I have owned this truck I have never been happier with it than I was driving it home that night.
I drove the truck to work today (15miles). Starts right up, oil pressure is reading good. engine temp stayed at 170. good throttle response and the idle is smooth. All is well.
THANKS CHUCK!!!!!!!!!
The whole reason I started to do these repairs was to fix an oil leak and the excessive engine vibration. The oil leak is fixed but the new balancer did not fix the vibration. It seems that I will need to drop the trans to inspect the flexplate to make sure that I have the correct weight. I've got a couple of trips lined up for work in the coming weeks and I won't be driving much, So I think I will be leaving the lid on that can of worms for now.
Thanks Chuck!
I returned from Topeka, KS on Saturday. I called Chuck expecting to hear "So what do you want to do with this thing?" and all he said was "do you need a ride over hear?".I hung up the phone and headed over there. I thought well I guess we are going to tear into it. I arrived at his house and he had my truck sitting in the back yard. He had a grin on his face, opened the door and turned the key, VAROOOM!
He redid my Chitty intake gasket job. Apparently it was leaking at the rear coolant port, When we filled the radiator last weekend it was taking alot of water. The water ended up going right into the oil pan. He showed me the leaking gasket he removed that was soaked through. I seemed like we had it lined up and RTV'd good the first time, but I guess not.
He dropped the oil pan, fished out the Rod and reinstalled it with a new gasket.
He put the distributor back in, and adjusted the timing.
He even pressure washed the under carriage blasting off all the oil and grime from the constant oil leak I had for a while.
I'm sure I left out some of the process of all the work he did. I wish I could have been there to help. In all the years I have owned this truck I have never been happier with it than I was driving it home that night.
I drove the truck to work today (15miles). Starts right up, oil pressure is reading good. engine temp stayed at 170. good throttle response and the idle is smooth. All is well.
THANKS CHUCK!!!!!!!!!
The whole reason I started to do these repairs was to fix an oil leak and the excessive engine vibration. The oil leak is fixed but the new balancer did not fix the vibration. It seems that I will need to drop the trans to inspect the flexplate to make sure that I have the correct weight. I've got a couple of trips lined up for work in the coming weeks and I won't be driving much, So I think I will be leaving the lid on that can of worms for now.