xxxtreme22r

could be oil too. I would say normal if carb'd but not sure on the 22re's though.

Bojangles

Im leaning towards rich...Because im not burning any oil and im not losing any coolant...Slight stumble when you bump the throttle from an idle, slight white smoke...Sounds like the symptoms of running rich...But im not sure...

Bojangles

Alright, Were gonna play a little game called..."What was wrong with my truck"

My BRAND NEW motor starting knocking, what sounded like bottom end, again.

I took it to the shop who put it in and they fixed it within 20 minutes....Can anyone guess what went wrong? Haha

xxxtreme22r

exhaust manifold or something exhaust related hitting against something?

Bojangles

Nope!
Nothing to do with exhaust.

xxxtreme22r

my last guess, busted motor mount? Everything else I can think of, would be more than a 20 minute fix. lol.

Bojangles

BTW, x, I still have that studdering issue when i first press the throttle from an idle.


Haha but nope!

Brand new motor mounts when i put the motor in.

87hillbillyoter

loose bolts? lol

Bojangles

Your on the right track haha.

They didn't torque something to spec so it ended up working itself loose.

Hint, Its nothing internal...

ss92chevy

Bell housing bolts

xxxtreme22r

hmmm too many of them to make a racket? Maybe starter bolts?

Bojangles

Ahhh nope.

Hint, On the front of the motor somewhere, and it is a part that reduces the shock of the crank shaft. That should give it away.

Its really not an interesting answer, im just extremely bored at work. Haha.

xxxtreme22r

that should not only be torqued but also loctite on it as well.

Bojangles

Maybe i should tell them that. Haha.

Thats not the first mistake they made either!!!
I had to take it back 2 days after i got the truck back because i noticed i only had ONE motor mount bolt in the frame!

I called and he said, "well im sure we put one in, it must of worked itself loose somehow..."
...................I think someone has been ing on the job.

Ida had someones behine if my brand new long block and motor mounts came apart while i was riding down the highway. lol.

So in reality i got my truck back with a new motor and transmission,
and a loose harmonic balancer,
and a huge exhaust leak,
and one motor mount bolt...

Nice job guys...Niceeeeee job.

xxxtreme22r

They probably tightened it till the crank started to turn and said yup tight enough. haha.

Bojangles

Morons haha.

I hate letting other people work on my truck, But occasionally you have no choice

X, how's your build coming along?

xxxtreme22r

hit a small snag on inspection and cost me a bit more than I thought, and probably gonna have to put off the BJ spacers. Still need shocks and now an idler arm and maybe replace my pitman on warranty.

Bojangles

Well, I should be taking my stock pitman and idler off (Which were in "Decent" shape i just decided to replace while i had the money) in the next couple of days, let me know if you need them.

xxxtreme22r

na, the duralast one at AZ for the 89-95 trucks is like $35 an my moog greasable pitman has the lifetime on it. Thanks though.

Bojangles

Gotcha

Hope it all works out for ya.

Ive got a small shake coming from the front end right at certain speeds. Ill be replacing these tie rods and everything soon and my UV joints.
Hopefully to solve all this non sense