shaun
01-16-2004, 01:00 AM
Here's the story...
I originally had a 396 in the boat, my dad had a dulley and blew the motor. My parrents where in a toughf point in life and we pulled the 396 and put it in the truck. The 396 spun a rod bearing shortly after. Years later when things where better my dad purchased a 454 long block for the truck, he was putting it in at the shop he was working at and one night somebody broke into the truck, jacked his tools, and wheels leaving the truck on blocks... long story short, he left it like that for a while, cops threatened to tow it, so he pulled the motor out and left the truck. Now even more years later my parrents gave me the boat, i have wanted it for a long time as it was kind of somthing i wanted to keep in the family, anyway... the motor has been run, and probably for a whole 10 minutes (this was like 2 years ago). My dad gave me the motor for the boat and i'm wondering if the bottom end is ok. My dad told me that before he pulled the motor that he backed off the load so that all the valves would seal helping prevent moisture from entering the chamber. What do you guys think? Should i put new rings and bearings? I dont want to have a problem later on.
I originally had a 396 in the boat, my dad had a dulley and blew the motor. My parrents where in a toughf point in life and we pulled the 396 and put it in the truck. The 396 spun a rod bearing shortly after. Years later when things where better my dad purchased a 454 long block for the truck, he was putting it in at the shop he was working at and one night somebody broke into the truck, jacked his tools, and wheels leaving the truck on blocks... long story short, he left it like that for a while, cops threatened to tow it, so he pulled the motor out and left the truck. Now even more years later my parrents gave me the boat, i have wanted it for a long time as it was kind of somthing i wanted to keep in the family, anyway... the motor has been run, and probably for a whole 10 minutes (this was like 2 years ago). My dad gave me the motor for the boat and i'm wondering if the bottom end is ok. My dad told me that before he pulled the motor that he backed off the load so that all the valves would seal helping prevent moisture from entering the chamber. What do you guys think? Should i put new rings and bearings? I dont want to have a problem later on.