I've only ever had a 40, but I've been thinking about adding an 80 to the fleet for a while now.
I have a line on a '95 80 with 150K miles, lockers, and a massive oil leak from the timing cover. The owner took it to a shop, and when he got the estimate he decided to sell it instead. I've spoken to the mechanic. Based on his description, it sounds a lot like the oil galley plug issue that Cdan chronicled in this '03 thread - a sudden leak that now throws oil all over the place.
If I do this, I'd buy the truck cheap and do the work in my driveway. I have no garage. In Dan's thread his thought was that if a guy was doing this job on his back, then pulling the engine would be easier. Has the conventional MUD wisdom changed any since then?
Also, it seems to me that at 150K, one might as well pull the head and do the HG and all the other assorted replacements. True? If so, does the pulling the head make getting the timing cover off a lot easier?
I have a line on a '95 80 with 150K miles, lockers, and a massive oil leak from the timing cover. The owner took it to a shop, and when he got the estimate he decided to sell it instead. I've spoken to the mechanic. Based on his description, it sounds a lot like the oil galley plug issue that Cdan chronicled in this '03 thread - a sudden leak that now throws oil all over the place.
If I do this, I'd buy the truck cheap and do the work in my driveway. I have no garage. In Dan's thread his thought was that if a guy was doing this job on his back, then pulling the engine would be easier. Has the conventional MUD wisdom changed any since then?
Also, it seems to me that at 150K, one might as well pull the head and do the HG and all the other assorted replacements. True? If so, does the pulling the head make getting the timing cover off a lot easier?
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