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 Post subject: my new ride!!!
PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:54 pm 
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picked up a 79 4x4 for free! with a title. it either has 77,??? miles or 177,??? not sure but its pretty strait and complete. Got it home ran a compression test to find out that something was way wrong! cyclinder 1 and 120, 2 had 100 and 3 had less than 30 and 4 had little over 30 8O . pulled the head and found this!

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this is number 3 yeah its not looking too good!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:06 am 
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dang that sucks whith the head, but still a good score. 8)

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:39 pm 
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Toss in a couple new valves a set of rings and it will run another 100k. Ive had my 80 4x4 for 22 years and have seen this 2 times.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:03 pm 
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well i got a head from ctmandu and cleaned up my block and slaped it on so it runs now but i still need to button everything up and re-check my compression

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:09 pm 
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well its running great! i drove it today! it got some pretty good power too! that webber is awsome!

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:13 pm 
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glad the head work out, didn't think there would be a problem it was very clean and in great shape. enjoy the new ride

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