how bad is it?
i cant believe this is happening to me at the moment...this is my pride and joy...my baby...i cant believe i caused this myself just by reseating a frikin ait sensor...i am in serious denial at the moment and am going to bed. hopefully i will wake up tomorrow and all yall will say hahah...lol...and my truck will be sitting in the basement saying wtf i'm fine biotch...lets go for a ride...
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From: Greenfield, Wisconsin
I say its time for Cams. Airram was selling his HO cams on DT. Not sure if they are sold yet 
Good luck Kent. Just take your time, Im sure it will all work out. Ill keep blue thunder in my prayers.
Good luck Kent. Just take your time, Im sure it will all work out. Ill keep blue thunder in my prayers.
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From: Kekaha, HI
That is how I felt when I blew my headgasket.
If it helps, I will tell you something I haven't told a soul yet. Last weekend I started taking apart my old transmission to see how it held up. I found my planetary gears for 3rd are burnout out, nearly completely. All clutch material is gone from them. No wonder I didn't have a 3rd gear pull. Do you know why this happened? I went to Pep Boys to get a good deal on a tranny fluid change right before deployment and it seriously crippled my transmission. Normally I do it myself but I wanted to save $ and spend some time with the family. That is why I'm so big on DIY, shops just **** me off. Don't beat yourself up man. Stuff happens.
Good luck Kent, stuff happens man.
Yes you have, lol.
If it helps, I will tell you something I haven't told a soul yet. Last weekend I started taking apart my old transmission to see how it held up. I found my planetary gears for 3rd are burnout out, nearly completely. All clutch material is gone from them. No wonder I didn't have a 3rd gear pull. Do you know why this happened? I went to Pep Boys to get a good deal on a tranny fluid change right before deployment and it seriously crippled my transmission. Normally I do it myself but I wanted to save $ and spend some time with the family. That is why I'm so big on DIY, shops just **** me off. Don't beat yourself up man. Stuff happens.
Good luck Kent, stuff happens man.
Yes you have, lol.
kent ive been here too with my honda. tried to torque head bolts with water in the bolt holes and snapped the treads.... had to use a helicoil and jb weld to hold the head together. and i traded that biotch in on my dakota. poor dealer... sucker...
Its actually all good this am. I had a real rough idle when I first started it but smoothed out and no problems now. Maybe the piece got pulverized enough to "pass through"..??
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Here's an idea. Find a shop that has a scope and pull the plugs and shove the scope in there to see if you can find any damage or piece of the grommet. Then if there is something pull the heads, if you dont find anything then take your chances and pray it worked itself out.
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From: Montréal Québec Poutine!
lol i have a story for you!!! my friend forgot a rag in the intake of a 1993 mustang 5.0L it was running like shi* and he said **** that it goes or it blowes.....shreaded burned rag was thrown by the exhaust for 5 min... so he old it full throttle... til we dont see rags out of the exhaust. and beat it all the summer with a 1/4 mile of 12,2@110
and sold the engine at the end of year...
and sold the engine at the end of year...
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From: Greenfield, Wisconsin
Yeah, the good old lifter noise. Mine has 118k miles on it and it doesnt get any knock retard at start up. The only time I get knock retard is if I run it hard up a hill or have it under some load. I never hear pinging which is good, but watching the KR%, it will jump to 2-3% for a second sometimes.