From this day on, let it be known that Operation More Powerful Camshaft will now be known as Operation HOLY F@%K HOW DID THAT VALVE DROP DOWN INTO MY CYLINDER!!!

so yah, im working on the truck, changing the VERY LAST valvespring. 80psi in the cylinder, badam pull the spring and the valve falls straight down like a bia!!

ive been yanking **** off of it to get it ready to pull the heads but still have some things i need to do and am at the point that i needed to invest in some directions off the trusty 'ol net

Need to look at this in a positive manner though. Any performance oriented person in their right mind would get their heads milled if they were going to be comming off the engine <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

so now its going to be a 218/219 532/532 114 camshaft with heads milled 30 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

sorta sucks, but sorta cool..... Oh well, what can ya do... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Embarrassed]" src="gr_emb.gif" />

Bryan

<small>[ March 09, 2003, 05:31 PM: Message edited by: really slow truck ]</small>

 

Man that sucks but, your right. Might as well get some work done to those heads while they're off. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

Why not get a valve job done also while they're off. Maybe the one that fell didn't have a good seal so it didn't take much to knock it in.

Good luck with the rest of the install <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />

John

 

man i would love to, but im jobless. im pullin this money out of my *** right now and its a pretty limited ammount

i still cant believe it happened on the very last valvespring lol, 15 down and one has to screw up the entire system.

good thing im on spring break. i have an entire week to get this thing fixed


oh yah, and if any of the dallas people want to cruise over an give me a hand i would be more than willing to accept <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

That sux! Good thing you are off this week.

 

that makes my losing a lock make me not feel so bad. I took a bunch of pics for you guys that i will post. Feels weird not having my truck running <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> sorry to hear about your bad luck. I guess it wasnt a weekend for swaps on cams. Two gone wrong

 

lmfao sucks to be you i'd help you but i do have school

marc

 

marc, maybe one day far far from now when you do get your turbo setup going...AND YOU BREAK SOMETHING...we will all laugh at you. if thing work out i'll get over there to help ya brian.

Matt

 

Really Slow, I doubt it. I am about to attempt same job and hate to hear of you trouble.If I drop a valve I'll cuss a little then pull the head. I have about 40k on my 5.3 but like you I can't afford the down time.Did you pull the intake? Is it necessary? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> Jim

 

red2k: yah, this just wasnt the weekend for cam swaps <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> and yah it sucks not having a truck running, feels weird. i dont think i ever want to drive my truck as much as when i cant lol

marc: thanks for the kind comments, i wish you the worst of luck in your progress on your turbo's <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

matt: that would be sweet, i'll give you a call tommorow morning.

Bryan

 

tntrk, its not necissary to pull the intake for doin a cam swap. but it is for pulling the heads. i wouldnt mind at all if head gasket sets werent so damned expensive! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />