MHARPER1 Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 For $2k, just get her rebuilt up with stock guts and a nice cam. Should be a quick turn around. Yeah, I think that is what I'm going to do. I bought it with 198,000 miles, one owner. It just sucks it originated in Pennsylvania, it was covered with rust, but I bought it cheap, so I can't complain, now it looks perfect, but runs like hell. I think you got your money's worth 223k? Good lord that is a lot of miles...... If I have my choice it'll have that many more miles on it before I get rid of it, unless I sell it and buy another one. I love this truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHARPER1 Posted March 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 Well, got the truck all put back together. Changed the head gaskets and everything from there up. New NGK Iridium plugs and MSD Wires. Put a set of Long Tube headers on it and am having the exhaust hooked up today. Now it sounds good and runs excellent, probably better than it did the day I bought it. I appreciate everyone's help and insight on this. Very happy with the truck at this point. Oh, and I did everything for about $800 because I did all the work myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerosys Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Well, got the truck all put back together. Changed the head gaskets and everything from there up. New NGK Iridium plugs and MSD Wires. Put a set of Long Tube headers on it and am having the exhaust hooked up today. Now it sounds good and runs excellent, probably better than it did the day I bought it. I appreciate everyone's help and insight on this. Very happy with the truck at this point. Oh, and I did everything for about $800 because I did all the work myself. How did you go about fixing this? Buy a new head or get a new valve and resurfaced and while they were off maybe re-honed the cylinder walls with new rings? I'm asking from pure curiosity because I've never worked with heads before but I've heard taking your heads in for a valve job could be expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHARPER1 Posted March 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) How did you go about fixing this? Buy a new head or get a new valve and resurfaced and while they were off maybe re-honed the cylinder walls with new rings? I'm asking from pure curiosity because I've never worked with heads before but I've heard taking your heads in for a valve job could be expensive. Honestly, I talked to a shop close to me, Dynospeed in Memphis, TN, and they told me that the LQ9 is so well built that unless its burning oil and I couldn't see the crosshatching on the cylinder walls, it would be best to leave the bottom end alone. I took their advice after checking everything out, because the bottom end looked good. As far as the heads go, I had a 3 way valve job done and had them cleaned and decked. All of that cost $150 for both heads. Not really expensive for the valve job, now if you go as far as porting and polishing, yeah, it can get expensive, but since I was on a budget and am not trying to build a race truck, I just got the reworked for everyday driving. Edited March 26, 2015 by MHARPER1 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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