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All of my push rods were the same length? Truck is back up and running but I am now trying to get the valves perfect. The instructions I found indicated the sequence below to tighten the valves. However since the truck is running I was planning to back them off until they clatter, then...

Does anyone have the instruction for installing the rockers on this engine?

Rocker Arms??? So it turns out the heads were both cracked so I’m putting a new set on and basically doing a full rebuild including new accessories where they will be hard to get at again later. Anyway I got to the point where I need to put the rocker arms on but when I follow the Haynes...

Well you were right. I new engine may have been the way to go. Turns out I have two cracked heads with cracks into the intake ports. But I'm going to go with some reman heads since I already have the rest of the engine upgrades ready for the new heads. The only other thing I could do is possible...

No I took the AC compressor off the big mounting bracket and am now at the pulley for the steering pump below the AC unit. I believe I need to remove that whole bracket in order to get the driver’s side head off. I have the bracket mostly loose but there is one bolt somewhere on the bottom...

Sorry it wasn’t actually WD40 it was one of the name brand liquid wrench penetrating sprays. I assume that that center allen bolt comes off counter clockwise?

So "Knock on wood" thing are going better than expected. I have 2.5 hrs into it and I have the engine taken all the way down to the heads. Including flushing the engine out, removing the radiator fan, AC, intake and all the electrical connectors. I'm assuming I need to remove the power steering...

Forgot to mention that I was not planning on pulling the engine to do this work. But I did already account for the machine shop to go through the heads. Can I do new crank and rod bearing without pulling the engine? I’ve never done them before and I have a transfer case underneath so I’m hoping...

So I have done a bunch of investigation. Pressure tests, leak downs and also chased the coolant dye around the engine and it has been confirmed that I have the start of a head gasket failure. I am slowly taking coolant into cylinder #3 which also had a compression of 130. So after going back and...

Are there any moderate upgrades that would get me a little more HP for towing?

I should be able to just drop the pan and then pull the pistons out and hone the cylinder walls before installing new rings. Am I missing something? I thought the pan had to come off anyway for the heads, water pump and timing chain?

Looks like my 99 5.7L SLE Yukon finally blew the head gasket with 250’000 kms on the odometer. I started to lose small amounts of coolant without any indication of where it was going. I did a compression test and found Cylinder #3 @ 130 with a wet/water on the plug and #6 at 140 the rest were...