Got engine pulled. Broken oil coolers

Magnum PD · Mar 20, 2016

I got the rods used on here. Done forgot who.

joe d · Mar 20, 2016

Damn i just hate to see tpu go threw this all over again.

bluedge8 · Mar 20, 2016

Here is the way I see it. At a minimum you have risk of that piston continuing to fail and having the motor come apart. Any balance work you did is out the window anyway. I would start calling around to see if anyone has one, also if you know whose pistons they are you can contact the mfg and see if they know anyone selling by the each. I'd much rather have 8 pistons intact with one that is no longer balanced than one that is broken. If you had balance work done the rods and crank are still balanced so that is better than off the shelf. A buddy of mine has a '65 elcamino with a 565 bbc and I know he has ordered less than a complete set due to leaned out cylinders. I don't want to just say hey you need to spend all of this money, but I am very concerned about the reliability as it sits with that piston. I would think that you would need a new head gasket but I'm not positive. Definitely wait to hear from your machinist. I had a '67 charger that I rebuilt and installed a 383 into, I built the motor 3 months before I was able to start it for the first time and didn't know that all of the break in lube had come off of the cam and you needed to run the motor at first start up for 20 mins at 2000rpm to break in the cam. Well, the cam ground into the lifters and sent metal throughout the entire oiling system and I didn't get more than 50 miles out of it before I had to pull the motor, buy new cam and lifters, all new bearings and basically rebuild the motor a second time. I'd rather see you find a $500 motor and throw in your truck until you can afford to repair this motor the right way. Again I'll say wait until your machinist has a chance to look at it. Hoping for the best for you.

Magnum PD · Mar 20, 2016

I'll setup an account for pity money.

bluedge8 · Mar 20, 2016

I really hate this for you, I've been there on a much lessor build and it sucked.

Magnum PD · Mar 20, 2016

It's not Catastrophic. "I hope".

Gonna play with building an engine, very few are 100% trouble free.

bluedge8 · Mar 20, 2016

I agree, not catastrophic. and yep sometimes you gotta pay to play

Magnum PD · Mar 21, 2016

I can send in the damaged piston and Swamp's can copy it. Would need a new cometic head gasket and not sure how much prep would be needed to get it smooth again.

joe d · Mar 21, 2016

There ya go might be worth it. I cant wait to see it run. And shood be a strong setup.

psduser1 · Mar 21, 2016

Magnum PD said:
I'll setup an account for pity money.

You'd be crazy not to.:thumbsup:

It's the American way.

bluedge8 · Mar 21, 2016

I would think that with the correct tools you should be able to clean the block and head without damage to the surface, good question for Swamps.

Magnum PD · Apr 8, 2016

MOTHER TRUCKER!!!!!

Main bearing. So much for just putting back together. Throwing hands up. Don't know what to do.

97f350stroker · Apr 8, 2016

joe d · Apr 8, 2016

Damn man

Bustedknuckles · Apr 8, 2016

Man that suck! Craigslist forged bottom end and replace them whenever they blow. As cheap and tough as they are and as easy to swap its not the worst idea.

Magnum PD · Apr 8, 2016

Was thinking the same. Put a used engine in and if my engine could be disassembled, inspected, new bearings, piston, and crank could be polished out, assembled, that might be doable.