well i got one on the road, and one torn down. my 81 has never broke down. (knock on wood) although i better hurry up and replace my starter before it leaves me stranded, it has the click of death. i've only had my 80 for about a month and never street drove it. its done pretty good just fouls out plugs. when i get finished swapping in the 1.9 in it, it should run great. the only truck that has left me stranded was my s10 when i had it. the oil line going to the oil cooler got a hole in it and left all the oil on the ground. luckily i noticed before it hurt the engine. had to haul it home on a trailer cause it would leak oil to fast to drive it. when i got home and got under it and started looking, i saw the oil line had popped out of its cheap plastic holder and got up against the steering gearbox and wore a hole in the aluminum line. i called the chevy dealer and they had it in stock which suprised me, i went to pick it up and i asked if they had very many people buying them and he said yea we sell quite a few.

i couldn't believe my ears, there should be a recall, this could totally crater an engine, or if you were driving, oil could get all over your tires and brakes and cause a wreck. so when i got the new one on i used lots of tie straps to make sure that the new line wouldn't move.