Exhaust Manifold Gaskets/Lifter Tick

[JPVortex]

thats how they work, 4 pt chains, harbor freight sells one. used to be like 30 bucks. not sure what they go for now tho. i got mine like 8 years ago.

it's like $45 now, not terrible. Definitely going to be the easiest way to get the trans and engine remated though. I appreciate your help big time.

 

[Scottydoggs]

it's like $45 now, not terrible. Definitely going to be the easiest way to get the trans and engine remated though. I appreciate your help big time.

only issue you might find is if your hoist will go high enough to clear the oil pan past the rad support. might have to choke it down real tight.

 

[JPVortex]

only issue you might find is if your hoist will go high enough to clear the oil pan past the rad support. might have to choke it down real tight.

Can always pull the rad support off if needed. I also don't want to get one of the cheap chinese harbor freight hoists. Kind of thinking of getting something more heavy duty that's used on Marketplace. They definitely seem bigger than the harbor freight ones.

 

[Scottydoggs]

the hf one ton is pretty good. i got the smaller one cause i was pulling car engines. and that boom ended up being to short, had to drill a new hole and pull the beam out further.

 

[Scottydoggs]

or if you got a tool rental place local, just rent a monster one.

 

[JPVortex]

New symptom here, things misfiring pretty bad, feel a good vibration at idle and with slight revs the engine is quite shaky. No codes yet, willing to bet cylinder number 4 is misfiring though.

 

[JPVortex]

Ignore the misfire, seemingly unrelated. It's coming and going as it pleases. For ***** and giggles I pulled the plugs on cylinder 4(the ticker) and cylinder 2(the rocker i pulled off for comparison) and 150psi exactly on both. Pretty good in my opinion for a 200k engine. So the lifter isn't bad enough to stop the valve from properly opening and closing.


My suspect of the misfire is the $30 chinese amazon plug wires I put on it from "JDMSpeed", they feel cheap and don't exactly click into place. They're good enough for now or until I get an actual misfire code.

 

[JPVortex]

So part of me is conderingggg being a cheap ass and half assing a cam and lifter install. Lifters would be new, but think I could get away with a used cam?

Found this one on eBay, hows it look to you guys? 145k miles.

Camshaft LM7 - GEN 3 - 4.8L 5.3L 6.0L 5.7L '97-'07 - Used - OEM - 3-bolt 0967 | eBay

<p>Used from a 02 5.3 lm7 145k miles. Good shape </p>

www.ebay.com

 

[Scottydoggs]

that cam is dead. id only buy a new cam.

 

[JPVortex]

that cam is dead. id only buy a new cam.

Yeah have to agree there, looks pretty pitted up.

Have any experience with the rockauto brand EngineTech? They have a cam and lifter kit for $275. Quick Google search, people are saying they aren't half bad.

Also, regarding my lowish oil pressure(around 28-30psi hot) think that's caused by excess bearing clearance due to engine failure or a weak oil pump or something? I can tell you there is some metal circulating around. Not a ton, but changing the oil the other day there was a little metal sludge on the magnetic tip of my drain plug.