I know there are plenty of build threads on here already but I would like to share my story
I purchased my truck about two years ago and with in months of having it, it started blowing white smoke at startup in the morning and after driving it hard. I thought it was excess fuel from Stat up when left on a high tune (that was an ignorant ass diagnosis). I later took it to a shop after noticing I was loosing coolant. The the shop diagnosed it as being a lifted cup and bad injectors. I diced with all the money that is being spent to fix the cups that I wanted to make sure it never happened again. The shop and I decided it was best to send the heads out to industrial injection to have a set of torque lock injector cups installed. So I gave the shop a hand full of cash ($7500) and dropped off my truck.
The truck was at the shop for 8 months. When it was time to finally get it back I got a call saying that it wasn't blowing white any more.......but the turbo was bad and I needed a new one. I decide while it was being done I would go aftermarket. I went with a fleece cheetah (awesome turbo and amazing sound). The truck was finally ready to pick up.
I drove my happy as 3+ hours to the shop to pick it up. Shop was closed so I got the keys out of fuel door (I believe) and started it up.BOOM.....what do I see......white f@$!ING smoke. So I drove it home and kept driving it around until a week later I seen coolant leaking out of the passage side exhaust manifold
I decide to disassemble the passage side of the engine and diagnose the problem. I took the p/s head to the machine shop and have it pressure tested. SH!t....it's cracked. Sooooooooo I never needed to spend 1800 for torque lock cups. After I found the bad news I order a new head and call industrial and had them send me a tap and install tool because I was going to put the new cups in myself.
After getting together the money for all the parts (mentioned above) I fixed er up and drove er to KY for vacation....(no more white smoke).. . I stopped at a fuel station and seen that the bottom of my truck was covered in oil and I had some blow by. When I returned from KY I though I may not have tightened up a hold down or a banjo so I tore the passage side down again. Got the money for the parts and got it fixed. And BAM..... sill smoking g out vent tube and leaking oil......... I got on the forum and someone suggested a compression test. I went out and purchased a compression tester and checked the cyls. The all had from 300-310. In my furious state of mind I decide to pull my truck into my (less than 1 car ) garage and tear that sob out of the truck.
I inspected the parts that I pulled off and noticed several cracked pistons. Not terribly cracked but they were still cracked . I took my engine to S&W Performance machine where I found out that my cyls were all oval. Sooooooooo I had them bore the cyls, grind the crank and cam, deck the block, and install cam bearings. I ordered all of my rebuild parts from HENRY @ CREATURES OF THE NIGHT PERFORMANCE..... that was an excellent experience very easy and all my dumb questions were answered by Henry.
I am now in the process of my SHOE STRING BUDGET REBUILD. I am doing this on a 4k budget and quickly burned threw the budget I will be sharing my pictures and experience through the build. Feels like I texted my life story on this damn phone.
I purchased my truck about two years ago and with in months of having it, it started blowing white smoke at startup in the morning and after driving it hard. I thought it was excess fuel from Stat up when left on a high tune (that was an ignorant ass diagnosis). I later took it to a shop after noticing I was loosing coolant. The the shop diagnosed it as being a lifted cup and bad injectors. I diced with all the money that is being spent to fix the cups that I wanted to make sure it never happened again. The shop and I decided it was best to send the heads out to industrial injection to have a set of torque lock injector cups installed. So I gave the shop a hand full of cash ($7500) and dropped off my truck.
The truck was at the shop for 8 months. When it was time to finally get it back I got a call saying that it wasn't blowing white any more.......but the turbo was bad and I needed a new one. I decide while it was being done I would go aftermarket. I went with a fleece cheetah (awesome turbo and amazing sound). The truck was finally ready to pick up.
I drove my happy as 3+ hours to the shop to pick it up. Shop was closed so I got the keys out of fuel door (I believe) and started it up.BOOM.....what do I see......white f@$!ING smoke. So I drove it home and kept driving it around until a week later I seen coolant leaking out of the passage side exhaust manifold
I decide to disassemble the passage side of the engine and diagnose the problem. I took the p/s head to the machine shop and have it pressure tested. SH!t....it's cracked. Sooooooooo I never needed to spend 1800 for torque lock cups. After I found the bad news I order a new head and call industrial and had them send me a tap and install tool because I was going to put the new cups in myself.
After getting together the money for all the parts (mentioned above) I fixed er up and drove er to KY for vacation....(no more white smoke).. . I stopped at a fuel station and seen that the bottom of my truck was covered in oil and I had some blow by. When I returned from KY I though I may not have tightened up a hold down or a banjo so I tore the passage side down again. Got the money for the parts and got it fixed. And BAM..... sill smoking g out vent tube and leaking oil......... I got on the forum and someone suggested a compression test. I went out and purchased a compression tester and checked the cyls. The all had from 300-310. In my furious state of mind I decide to pull my truck into my (less than 1 car ) garage and tear that sob out of the truck.
I inspected the parts that I pulled off and noticed several cracked pistons. Not terribly cracked but they were still cracked . I took my engine to S&W Performance machine where I found out that my cyls were all oval. Sooooooooo I had them bore the cyls, grind the crank and cam, deck the block, and install cam bearings. I ordered all of my rebuild parts from HENRY @ CREATURES OF THE NIGHT PERFORMANCE..... that was an excellent experience very easy and all my dumb questions were answered by Henry.
I am now in the process of my SHOE STRING BUDGET REBUILD. I am doing this on a 4k budget and quickly burned threw the budget I will be sharing my pictures and experience through the build. Feels like I texted my life story on this damn phone.
