SCOTTYINWV
si vis pacem, para bellum
My blazer loves to fbreak the rear loose. FunctionING g80 ftmfw
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Verdict is in. All put together and it could hardly put itself on a trailer. My heart is officially broken.
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Dropped it off at a shop because it needed final timing set anyways and after adjusting valves four times and not getting it right I said I'm done. Got to the sip and it was limping around on four cylinders. They adjusted the valves again and got it running on all 8. Set the final timing and boom. She runs smooth as glass. Now to get new pipe flanges put on because the ones that are on now are rotted terribly. After that she should run like a ***** ape. Timing and valve adjustment put my bill under $300. I'm pretty happy actually. Still disappointed in myself because I couldn't get it right on my own. I also changed the oil in it today once I got it back. Bunch of junk on the magnet from cleaning the motor up. Put about 30 miles on the oil and filter. Figured it should be enough to clean the major gunk out. Another 500 miles and it'll get its usual full synthetic and 10k mile filter. I used synthetic blend right after reassembly and for this change. I'm A firm believer in synthetics. Especially after taking it apart and seeing how clean it was and knowing how dirty it was when I bought it. And the blend was on sale. 5 quarts was 2 bucks more than conventional. Cheapo fram filter for the initial fire and short drive. Purolator pure one for the 500mile system clean and Napa platinum(wix) will go on after with full synthetic.My 4.3 with 3.42s now burns them hard at WOT shifting up into second (to a point where I've had to let off of it to keep from going sideways) and will burn them from a stop when I want it to. Not exactly bone stock, though.
What happened? Hate to hear about GMT400s in distress.
Nonsense! Lets use Jake as an example, lol. I have done a few myself, in both a worn out 5.7, and the 6.5.