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I have a really good friend who is a great mechanic. Said we can pick up a used 350 to rebuild since its cheap and easy. For learning purposes. I am really thinking about it.
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That makes sense.
I guess I have a bad taste in my mouth on motors. New jugs and pistons on a sled. Get it fired, worked flawlessly, Awesome! Go down the road, try it out and less than 2 miles cratered. Turns out the crank bearings were gone. No one said trial and error was cheap...Especially when you were trying to save money.
I guess I have a bad taste in my mouth on motors. New jugs and pistons on a sled. Get it fired, worked flawlessly, Awesome! Go down the road, try it out and less than 2 miles cratered. Turns out the crank bearings were gone. No one said trial and error was cheap...Especially when you were trying to save money.
That would imho be the kiss of death.
I learnt the hard way, gaskets should be replaced, not reused.
Tim or Tom, doesn't make a difference, we have one here that replaced a White Castle, I don't care how good they are, they should have left the Castle alone.
Alw
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Perfect. Basic platform and cheap. Built probably 20 of them.
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My wife's 600 SDI Ski doo motor spun a crank bearing. The pieces damaged one cylinder. Had the crank rebuilt and the one jug replaced. 1800 miles later it leaked air passed a loose exhaust Y pipe, burned a hole through the piston
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From: TOAK western branch
BEFORE the internet! Plenty of small trick I've learned that are not common knowledge about gas motors. Now it's just cheaper and easier to buy a short or long block. No more good engine machine shops left around here. Thank you EPA!