Thrown rod
01-17-2008, 08:16 PM
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Well I blew up the motor in my 93 TA a couple weeks ago. There are chunks of piston in my intake manifold. Im just throwing together a redneck rebuilt rering and rebearing lt1 for now until I can build a 396.
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01-20-2008, 10:24 AM
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Hopefully yours isnt as bad as mine. There are bits of aluminum filling the intake manifold, Oil in the coolant, coolant has filled the exhaust. I have to throw away virtually everything except the intake manifold. Since I am putting new bearings into a stock shortblock its only going to cost me about 600 bucks total to get back on the road.
01-20-2008, 11:04 AM
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I've spun a few bearings in a couple motors. I just bought another used shortblock. The problem being you never know what you're going to get or how long it will last. If you have the coin to spare get a new shortblock and at minimum just bolt on your original top end. That's the cheap rebuild.
01-21-2008, 12:00 AM
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I toasted my crank when I spun 6 rods, so you just have to start by pulling the motor and replacing the parts that got smoked. But there is a list of thing that will have to get replaced; fluids, gaskets, barrings, other than that play it by ear.
01-21-2008, 12:21 AM
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The biggest thing is to make sure the block is good. But you want to take apart the block apart carefully and see what the story its telling you.
