So what did you buy today

[Woodslasher]

Bought an engine for my truck.

Ouch, that's gotta hurt. What's the year/make/model of your truck?

 

[av8or3]

Ouch, that's gotta hurt. What's the year/make/model of your truck?

2006 GMC K1500. I couldn’t buy GM, I was told NLA. I think they’re getting more serious about selling new vehicles. IDK..?? Ordered from a machine shop I’m familiar with. Spent $2400, it’s a month out.

 

[Woodslasher]

2006 GMC K1500. I couldn’t buy GM, I was told NLA. I think they’re getting more serious about selling new vehicles. IDK..?? Ordered from a machine shop I’m familiar with. Spent $2400, it’s a month out.

Well that's not as bad as I thought it would be. I know a tranny for my brother's 7.3 Ferd was $5-$6k+ so I figured an engine for anything would be way more.

 

[Philbert]

Off the local buy and sell.
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Looks 'next-t0-new'!

Philbert

 

[JimBear]

Got some bar/chain oil delivered today :

 

[Partner]

enough for half a year ;-)

 

[Partner]

Kupiłem silnik do mojej ciężarówki. [/CYTAT]
I don't know what happened to the old engine, but it happens that a new engine is a cheaper option than repair

 

[JimBear]

enough for half a year ;-)

Or 3-4 years. It’s almost doubled in the last year. I will gladly accept a loss on it if the prices drop back down but I don’t see that happening in the next 2-3 years anyway.

 

[USMC615]

Got some bar/chain oil delivered today :

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...anybody seen any bar an chain oil 'round this joint?

 

[Wonkydonkey]

I think I need to stock up on bar/chain oil…. You know things go up when you need them most.. and I think we’re in for it going up for a while and it will be slow going back down..

anyhow I got this on the way

 

[Shane¹]

2006 GMC K1500. I couldn’t buy GM, I was told NLA. I think they’re getting more serious about selling new vehicles. IDK..?? Ordered from a machine shop I’m familiar with. Spent $2400, it’s a month out.

What happened to the motor those are usually pretty good motors?

 

[av8or3]

What happened to the motor those are usually pretty good motors?

Been a great motor it’s just an old motor. 313,000 miles.
Lost oil pressure.

 

[Shane¹]

Been a great motor it’s just an old motor. 313,000 miles.
Lost oil pressure.

Probably needed cam bearings. 4.8 or 5.3?

 

[av8or3]

5.3. That’s my guess too. Back at 115,000 I changed the oil pump pickup tube . The o ring was allowing air to get sucked in. Lifters rattled sometimes.
This was gradual. Sometime not too long ago the “range “ of the oil pressure dropped about 20 lbs. still moved up and down just at a lower range. Then while coming home one evening the warning dinger went off warning me of low oil pressure. The needle was all over the place. Got home , no knocking. Parked.

 

[Shane¹]

5.3. That’s my guess too. Back at 115,000 I changed the oil pump pickup tube . The o ring was allowing air to get sucked in. Lifters rattled sometimes.
This was gradual. Sometime not too long ago the “range “ of the oil pressure dropped about 20 lbs. still moved up and down just at a lower range. Then while coming home one evening the warning dinger went off warning me of low oil pressure. The needle was all over the place. Got home , no knocking. Parked.

Did you happen to check it with a manual gauge? On some of those motors they had a screen under the oil pressure switch and they would plug up over time new screen would fix them a lot of the time. Dorman even sells their new pressure switches with a screen. Manual gauge would tell you if port to pressure switch is just plugged or if another issue.

 

[av8or3]

Did you happen to check it with a manual gauge? On some of those motors they had a screen under the oil pressure switch and they would plug up over time new screen would fix them a lot of the time. Dorman even sells their new pressure switches with a screen. Manual gauge would tell you if port to pressure switch is just plugged or if another issue.

No I did not. I put in a new sender and got the same readings pretty much. All over the place.First I’ve heard of a screen under the switch. Do you just poke around and pull it out?

 

[av8or3]

You know, you have to (I have to) lay a board from the base of the windshield to the radiator and lay on it in order to change that switch. I’m able to use both hands. Just looks funny. Couldn’t be in a more difficult place.

 

[Shane¹]

Yes I usually use a pick with just a slight hook on it and the pop right out.

 

[Shane¹]

This is the screen and sender I was talking about just put one in an 11 the other day

 

[Michpatriot]

Got some bar/chain oil delivered today :

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Those look cumbersome on steep terrain..