Recent content by RedBean

After sitting on it for a while I came to the conclusion not to pull the motor to rebuild it. Why not? There would be a lot of tasks I haven't done before. The bottom end seems fine. I got the pushrod cover off and the lifters are moving freely. I cleaned everything best I could. Ordered...

I've started to tear down a '91 3F-E that I'm planning to rebuild. Main failure came from the top end that littered metal sparkles further down into the engine. 453,000 miles with no rebuild, was running well a few months ago. Oil blockage in the rocker arm shaft went unnoticed for a few months...

Oh and one takeaway from this is that if your motor has a lot of miles on it, do check your push rods for wear when you're doing a valve adjustment.

I finally had some time today to take the valve cover off and see what's going on. There is sludge all over the air induction hose and throttle body (you can see where I ran my finger over it). Under the cover, you can see that #1 rocker arms are bone dry. The bearing surfaces for those are...

No issues with the cruise control (emphasis on cruise control)....umm truck broke down for other reasons. Cruise control is working fine!

She's home! I'm moving this month, so tearing into the engine will have to wait a few weeks. Will start with measuring compression, poking around with the borescope, dropping the oil pan to see what's what. My plan is to remove the entire drivetrain in the fall and get it to the machine shop at...

The shop checked oil pressure and it was fine (60ish PSI I think). When I did the valve adjustment, things were very loose, but it had been running ok and had not had a lot of maintenance for a while when I got it. One valve was very far off, and I couldn't get it close enough with the screw all...

Dear Forum, My Cruiser is at a crossroads. I was on a trip from ND to MT after doing a lot of maintenance over the last couple months when she started running rough and eventually losing power at open throttle, which turned in a lot of vibration and clunky noises. I limped into Livingston and...

Hey all, this forum has been super helpful to fix my cruise control. I used the diagnostics procedure from the FSM (posted somewhere else on here as well) to figure out I needed a new cruise speed sensor. Since the Australian part in this thread has first been recommended, the cost went up and...