Finally had a week off work last April so I decided to go after the oil leak I have been avoiding. The rear main was leaking all over everything. I decided to go with removing the tranny so I could also drain as much fluid out of it as possible and change the filter too. As I started that process I soon came to realize the rear main wasn't leaking, it was the oil pan gasket, right at the back. It's such a pain to change that with the engine in, I decided to just pull the engine and get the crank turned to get rid of the cold start knock I suffer with. I don't have a local machine shop so when I got to the point I could yank the crank I was in quite a hurry so I could send it with my mom to the big city shop I use. I didn't look anything over, just took 10 minutes to get it out and bagged to send away. I knew it was in rough shape, but trust my machine guy to fix me up.
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A few weeks later I went and picked up my freshly turned, shiny, good as new crankshaft! It was way worse than I expected, he took 20 off the rod journals, and 30 off the mains! I got home and decided it was time to go over the rest of the engine and replace everything that was needed. I know better, I should have done that before I sent the crank out. I found an awful lot of this inside the block!
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Long story short, the entire engine came apart. Back to the machine shop with the block and heads. Now I have a completely rebuilt, zero mileage engine in my Burb! Valve job, block bored 30 over, new engine mounts, water pump, radiator, A/C pump, condenser, oil cooler lines, basically if it could be replaced, I replaced it! Hind site 20/20, I should have just ordered an engine from Jegs, Cost would have been close and I would have only been out of commission for a month or so instead of 4 months. However, now I have the satisfaction of knowing the build was done to my specifications, and the joy of knowing when it comes to the big jobs, I STILL GOT IT!!!