Going Cheap On Motor Rebuilds

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kdeal · #1 Post by **kdeal** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:56 am

I have gotten a whole slew of motors in the shop lately with valve train damages. Most are from a lack of maintenance or cheapo rebuilds. No fun buying lots of expensive parts...

First motor was an abomination. Ran it with all kinds of noises and finally went boom. Worst internal damaged engine I have seen....
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Lack of oil changes (sludge one finger digit deep in the head and crank valley), led to a stuck bucket and wasted FX400 cams.
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cannonman · #2 Post by **cannonman** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:00 am

Thank god mine didn't look like that when I broke it down!!! Lol OUCH!!!!

ShifT714 · #3 Post by **ShifT714** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:06 pm

my god...thats a piston in the first picture

Rally2 · #4 Post by **Rally2** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:27 pm

For that first pic I'd say they towed that sucker around for fun after the initial failure

kdeal · #5 Post by **kdeal** » Sat Apr 04, 2015 1:53 am

My thoughts exactly. Who cares it's making a little noise, let's try to pull start it!