60k gone horribly wrong

**Lugnut** · 05-29-2011, 01:49 AM

More info .. I know you say 60k but what was the mileage/age on said parts

**GTwizard** · 05-30-2011, 03:06 AM

GTOJOE
Marks from valves on pistons is no reason what so ever to to think the pistons are bad. That's just silly.

**GTOJOE** · 05-30-2011, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by GTwizard

GTOJOE
Marks from valves on pistons is no reason what so ever to to think the pistons are bad. That's just silly.

They will still be intact and work but the marks would create a hot spot. There was some discussion on this in another thread.

http://www.3sgto.org/f2/these-pistons-okay-2938.html

**GTwizard** · 06-01-2011, 09:03 AM

If the piston's just have the marks from bending valves, and this is going to be just a normal type of DD. Should be fine.
I must say though the title here is mega miss-leading. This is not the case of a 60K service going wrong.
Title - Should have been more like "Why should I do a 60K?", as Looks more like the work of a 60K never being done.
However. If this car is going to be beat upon when fininshed. More thought should be put into this repair and a full rebuild concidered.
How many miles on the car? How many months was the car being driven hot? What condition is the rest of the car. What the heck does the lower end look like.
You should always concider the application of the finished product, or the customers intended use of the car when finished. As that will dictate the course of action to be taken.
I am a real fan of fresh bores and new pistons. All depend on the customers love for the car, and the size of their wallet.
Good luck.

**Nationalmilkman** · 06-01-2011, 09:32 AM

I knew nothing of this car when it ran. When I meet the guy he told me the car had sat for 6 months and when it went he said he was driving, it got hot and died. I'll get pictures of the water pump when I get back out to the car. What was supposeto take a day to change the pump and belt has turned into a pain in the neck to do. The car has almost 130k on it. It was just a DD

**GTwizard** · 06-01-2011, 10:06 AM

Heads and a full 60K and it should be fine for a DD. Done 4 like this. The issues you will have is not knowing if the motor had rod knock, spun bearing or other issues that the owner was un awhere of. You may end up doing all this work for not.
Just let the owner know that he is rolling the dice by not doing a full rebuild, so as to keep you neck off the chopping block. LOL.