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Old 02-12-2012, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sn0wba11
just use some dowel rods to hold the lifters up
i like this idea other than the air pressure trick to hold up the lifters, i just dont know what fitting it is an d where it goes .. Any help would be appreciated
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Man honestly I wouldn't even worry about the timing chain. The one on my 82k 4.8 is just as loose as the brand new one I put in during the 6.0 swap
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Originally Posted by tylertxss
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Its all good now brother! lol

It "should have" took 2-4 hours
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Originally Posted by tylertxss
Yeah once doing the swap with an experienced mechanic I could definately be able to see 2-3hrs of just knocking it out. I didnt pay attention to my timing when I put it back together (said experienced mechanic wasnt around and I was in a hurry to hear it run) and I broke a valve and jacked up a piston pretty good.
Its always a good idea to turn the engine over with a breaker bar, any mistakes are evident when the engine cant be turned by hand. But said mechanic was not around to share that tip lol
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Mine took a better part of an afternoon. Longest part was doing the springs.
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Originally Posted by Sn0wBa11
Man honestly I wouldn't even worry about the timing chain. The one on my 82k 4.8 is just as loose as the brand new one I put in during the 6.0 swap
If you have high miles I would change it, 223k chain was stretched out enough to do this.

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Old 02-12-2012, 08:55 PM
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if you have high miles i would change it, 223k chain was stretched out enough to do this.

droping the oil pan a bit to get the pump off sound tricky any thoughts on doing this ?
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Dropping the pan is not tricky, just nasty, I suggest goggles.
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Yeah def change it if there is high mileage but if not I wouldn't worry with it. Dropping the pan really isn't all that hard just messy like TX said
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Yeah just check it before you change it, mine was tight buuuut I only had like 68k on mine. And yeah the pan is messy...my driveway can attest to that.
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