Lets play...Name that broken part
10-22-2005, 06:56 PM
#21
the piston might be in a couple of large pieces being held together by the rings or you might have just knocked a small piece off of a ringland and it bumped the plug before it got shot out the exhaust. maybe even both things happened. you need a new motor.
if it were mine and i needed the truck i would just drive it easy till i was ready to swap it out. a stock 6.0 is prety cheap.
if it were mine and i needed the truck i would just drive it easy till i was ready to swap it out. a stock 6.0 is prety cheap.
10-22-2005, 07:09 PM
#22
dude, your motor is hurt....I would not drive it to the corner for coffee....if you want to risk being stranded on the roadside with a pistion hangin out of the side of your block, fine.....I would not suggest driving that truck anywhere until you have confirmed the noise.
10-22-2005, 07:13 PM
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Not sure what the reserve is at but worth a shot, He is in Tennessee and quotes shipping to NH would be $400. Not too bad for a short block.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1
10-22-2005, 07:20 PM
#24
Originally Posted by BlownChevy
dude, your motor is hurt....I would not drive it to the corner for coffee....if you want to risk being stranded on the roadside with a pistion hangin out of the side of your block, fine.....I would not suggest driving that truck anywhere until you have confirmed the noise.
like i said before, this has come up many times, then people drive for 6 more months before the pull the motor out. when they do they are suprized the piston falls apart in their hands when they pull it out of the motor. i find it prety suprizing they go as long as they do with that kind of damage but this is what i have seen. the choice is his and now he has two opinions on the subject.
10-22-2005, 08:10 PM
#26
Originally Posted by parish8
how much is a rental car? how much is a tow? the motor might not get him to the cofie shop but it probably will and probably would drive another few thousand miles.
like i said before, this has come up many times, then people drive for 6 more months before the pull the motor out. when they do they are suprized the piston falls apart in their hands when they pull it out of the motor. i find it prety suprizing they go as long as they do with that kind of damage but this is what i have seen. the choice is his and now he has two opinions on the subject.
like i said before, this has come up many times, then people drive for 6 more months before the pull the motor out. when they do they are suprized the piston falls apart in their hands when they pull it out of the motor. i find it prety suprizing they go as long as they do with that kind of damage but this is what i have seen. the choice is his and now he has two opinions on the subject.
so what you are saying is go out and drive a wounded motor? risk destroying it when it could be fixable......sounds like poor advise to me...but what do I know.
10-22-2005, 08:28 PM
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Its cheaper just to swap in an entire new motor than to rebuild the old one, with that in mind I would drive it and who cares if it throws a rod. Itd be cheaper to pay for a tow 1 time or get AAA to pay
than to get for a rental until the new motor arives.
than to get for a rental until the new motor arives.
10-22-2005, 08:30 PM
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He says he was thinking about a 6.0 swap anyways, depends on what he wants to do. It would be expensive to fix something on the lower end like a piston and a waste of money to turn around and do a 6.0 swap later, so I would probably drive it till it blew up too, just make sure the cell is charged. If it were something easy like a spring or a bent push rod, then I might agree also not to drive it.
10-22-2005, 08:54 PM
#29
wow....more power to you guys....I understand he wants to do a swap, I am looking at the issue of being stuck somplace without a running vehicle and towing/lodgeing costs.....
My point is, identify the noise and go from there....if it is just a sping, or just this or just that it may be fixable in a cost effective manner....but driving it until it lets loose is irresponsible IMO.
My point is, identify the noise and go from there....if it is just a sping, or just this or just that it may be fixable in a cost effective manner....but driving it until it lets loose is irresponsible IMO.
