I'm not happy (I am now)
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I'm not happy (I am now)
I just had a factory new motor installed in my pick-up. Had a private guy do the job cause I don't have anywhere dry to do it myself. Anyhow, I picked up the truck an hour ago, drove it home without a problem, but as soon as I got home it started stalling. Now it won't start at all. :(
Mechanic that put the new motor in is on his way over, hope it'* something simple.
:? :?
Mechanic that put the new motor in is on his way over, hope it'* something simple.
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Since it'* a Chev, I figured I'd take a rubber mallet and smack the gas tank a few times.
Sure enough it started a minute, then died again.
So, another couple hundred $$ for a fuel pump. :( If it'* not one thing, it'* another.
Sure enough it started a minute, then died again.
So, another couple hundred $$ for a fuel pump. :( If it'* not one thing, it'* another.
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Originally Posted by vital49
Why'd you get a new motor to begin with? Those 305s are just as strong as the 350s.
I priced out the cost of parts to rebuilt along with the cost of a crank shaft and boring out the clys, a new crate engine was only a few hundred dollars more. I'm not in the mood to take my chances with a used motor from the j/y. Been there, done that. I want a reliable truck to tow a travel trailer out on the back roads.
I'm thinking now that I'm going to get the tranny looked at very carefully before too long.
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That'* surprising. It had to have been abused. My friend has a hand-me-down truck from his dad, a '89 1500. It has the 305 TBI and has somewhere around 4xx,xxx miles on it on the factory motor. It burns a little oil, but it just keeps going and going. The trans was replaced around 250,000 miles. Other than that it hasn't given him a single problem.