Truck is a 1990 with 22RE. Hard starting lately so I did some investigating. Has pretty new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, starter rebuilt. Did compression test today and got zero on the number 2 cylinder.
Test results: Cyl 1 = 120, Cyl 2 = 0, Cyl 3 = 140, Cyl 4 = 135. Still starts and runs. Engine was rebuilt about 80,000 ks ago, and now sits at about 480,000 ks. Numbers tell me it is time to pull this old engine, but any advice is welcome. I have a new short block but I'm still missing some bits like the head. Last time I did major engine work I got parts from enginebuilder but he has retired. LCE looks good, but let me know other vendors to investigate.
Test results: Cyl 1 = 120, Cyl 2 = 0, Cyl 3 = 140, Cyl 4 = 135. Still starts and runs. Engine was rebuilt about 80,000 ks ago, and now sits at about 480,000 ks. Numbers tell me it is time to pull this old engine, but any advice is welcome. I have a new short block but I'm still missing some bits like the head. Last time I did major engine work I got parts from enginebuilder but he has retired. LCE looks good, but let me know other vendors to investigate.