head removal question ASAP

POWER-STRUCK · Mar 3, 2013

if you impacted the piston cooling jet be sure to replace it

89 Stroker · Mar 3, 2013

POWER-STRUCK said:
if you impacted the piston cooling jet be sure to replace it

just used a ratchet to break it loose

7.3psd97444 · Mar 3, 2013

well since you didnt take our advice in pulling the motor, can you at least takes pics of your procedure. Not for me or anyone else to be a dick and laugh at the fact that the crossmember is cut out, but because of shear curiousity.

89 Stroker · Mar 3, 2013

7.3psd97444 said:
well since you didnt take our advice in pulling the motor, can you at least takes pics of your procedure. Not for me or anyone else to be a dick and laugh at the fact that the crossmember is cut out, but because of shear curiousity.

call it what you want, that's what a welder is for, if this operation was that serious i wouldn't have done it, only cut the middle to drop the pan

7.3psd97444 · Mar 3, 2013

89 Stroker said:
call it what you want, that's what a welder is for, if this operation was that serious i wouldn't have done it, only cut the middle to drop the pan

uhh I understand, youve just repeated yourself. I just wanted to see pictures

89 Stroker · Mar 4, 2013

7.3psd97444 said:
uhh I understand, youve just repeated yourself. I just wanted to see pictures

there's some bad ones on psn, not gonna post em here just so i can get lectured

7.3psd97444 · Mar 4, 2013

89 Stroker said:
there's some bad ones on psn, not gonna post em here just so i can get lectured

once again thats not my goal. But I cant speak for others. I already made my opinion obvious

dentexpowerstroke · Mar 4, 2013

Imo if you can't afford to fix a diesel the correct way you probably dont need to own one. I pulled a motor, resealed pan, replaced front cover, painted it and had it together in less than 10 hours. It's not hard, you just did it the most f'ed up way and i bet it becomes a nightmar in the future. You need to reconsider owning a diesel, they are a lot more expensive.

Bustedknuckles · Mar 4, 2013

dentexpowerstroke said:
Imo if you can't afford to fix a diesel the correct way you probably dont need to own one. I pulled a motor, resealed pan, replaced front cover, painted it and had it together in less than 10 hours. It's not hard, you just did it the most f'ed up way and i bet it becomes a nightmar in the future. You need to reconsider owning a diesel, they are a lot more expensive.

Not really, if his truck is lifted so that he can sit under it and he is a good welder then what he did is honestly ok. I dont blame him for taking the cheap easy route in his case.

Hotrodtractor · Mar 4, 2013

Bustedknuckles said:
Not really, if his truck is lifted so that he can sit under it and he is a good welder then what he did is honestly ok. I dont blame him for taking the cheap easy route in his case.

Providing he welding in retaining bars behind and in front of the pan to maintain frame rail position (alignment and width) before he cut out the cross member - you are correct. The part where a majority of people fail when completing a task like this is to maintain proper frame alignment during the procedure..... nothing worse than welding it all back together and having it drive like **** because the frame rails are in very different relations to each other than they should be..... that is a problem that is hard if not impossible to correct with substantial work.

89 Stroker · Mar 4, 2013

Bustedknuckles said:
Not really, if his truck is lifted so that he can sit under it and he is a good welder then what he did is honestly ok. I dont blame him for taking the cheap easy route in his case.

sarcasm?

89 Stroker · Mar 4, 2013

dentexpowerstroke said:
Imo if you can't afford to fix a diesel the correct way you probably dont need to own one. I pulled a motor, resealed pan, replaced front cover, painted it and had it together in less than 10 hours. It's not hard, you just did it the most f'ed up way and i bet it becomes a nightmar in the future. You need to reconsider owning a diesel, they are a lot more expensive.

good for you, and i own two of em so im good:bowfast:

Powerstroke Cowboy · Mar 4, 2013

Hotrodtractor said:
Providing he welding in retaining bars behind and in front of the pan to maintain frame rail position (alignment and width) before he cut out the cross member - you are correct. The part where a majority of people fail when completing a task like this is to maintain proper frame alignment during the procedure..... nothing worse than welding it all back together and having it drive like **** because the frame rails are in very different relations to each other than they should be..... that is a problem that is hard if not impossible to correct with substantial work.

^^^ This!!

I was just waiting to see what happened when he got it back together...

Lamont_24 · Mar 4, 2013

What kind of a welder are you using?

89 Stroker · Mar 4, 2013

Lamont_24 said:
What kind of a welder are you using?

miller mattic 175 or my old lincoln,

or my dynasty 200 or the 4 other tig welders i have here

do i need pics to show im more then capable?

gonna get diff rod when i go to weld it back