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by Ryan from Ohio » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:38 pm

Well I got #6 out. No crack that I can see in the piston.

THe pin didnt appear to be cracked either. I pressed it out on the hydraulic press @ work. Messed up the old piston :(

Pressed on the new one and it doesnt float well?

I guess it was supposed to be heated first???

arghhhh

by MobileAudio219 » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:01 pm

Ryan from Ohio wrote:Way past a small tick or knock, its a cracked piston.
Im going to take the pistons/crank out tonight. WIll post pictures of my findings soon.

I'm going to guess a spun bearing...

by Ryan from Ohio » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:33 pm

Way past a small tick or knock, its a cracked piston.

Im going to take the pistons/crank out tonight. WIll post pictures of my findings soon.

by JoshKeller » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:21 am

i can testify for the tranny fluid working. Fixed my old sunfire's tapping. thing has 210,000 and my sister still drives it to school everyday.

by William from NOLA » Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:57 pm

Hey, by the time you're done, it'll be good as new! For a few miles at least... :)

by joeyc » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:29 pm

good luck and godspeed!! :D

by Ryan from Ohio » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:07 pm

Well I paid $45 to have the car scanned.

I was told the knock sensor is showing for #6 cylinder. #6 is the cylinder that had the largest amount of rust in it.

I have bought a replacement piston.

Tonight I pulled the motor from the car. Its the only way to do this.

Ive got enough money in the car I dont mind throwing another $250ish into it.

I gotta buy a ring set ($68), head bolts($28), head gaskets($30), and a crank shaft w/bearings($137).

WIsh me luck ;)

by [email protected] » Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:50 pm

Try parting it out first and see how that go's

Because the junkyard is always there for the last straw

by Ryan from Ohio » Sun Apr 02, 2006 3:14 pm

Listening to it with a wrench it doesnt sound like its in the top end...

I would like to think it was (in a way) but its just not. Whatever it is its coming from the lower part of the motor...

It has to be bearings... hasta!

by dynome » Sun Apr 02, 2006 2:37 pm

It's not possible to just say what it is from your description but it could be lifter noise? If this is the what it is, it's probly because of neglected oil changes or let oil get too low. Some minor lifter noise could go away if ya change the oil when supposed to for a while now but not likely to completely go away. My friend's F-150 had some nasty lifter noise when he got it but is quieter now... not gone though.

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