Vortec Lover
Behold the Beast
Nice going, but why bring it to that dealer in the first place if you have comrades at the "competing" dealer? I love a happy ending too, and even own a large shop, and the fact that someone would drop a bolt down the intake leads me to believe that it was not a very good dealer doing the bolt amateur hack job.
Hey, he got a new engine out of the deal- worked for him! Still nothing I would do....
Pic of the engine in the truck?