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while driving home from work, my engine seized at a stop light out of nowhere. i did not realize the...

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the rollpins on these are known to shear on aftermarket parts due to using cheaper rollpins and the ...

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i pulled the engine to asses damage. it was completely seized and pretty suddenly. i stripped it dow...

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stripping down the bottom end to find the issue

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spun a bearing. good bearing on left, bad on the right

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scorched crankshaft

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being a daily driver i needed the truck running ASAP. I used www.car-part.com to find a 96 Explorer ...

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the issue with a used engine is you never know the condition its in. i do not blame the yard who sol...

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it is never good when you take the drain plug out and the oil stays inside.

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along with the oil being pudding, the coolant in the engine had turned to solid crystal, seizing the...

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about a month later i was offroading and the oil pressured suddenly showed zero. luckily i caught it...

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it was a big struggle but i managed to replace all the crankshaft bearings with the engine still in ...

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the oil pump was sized. so i pulled it apart and found a bit of metal jammed it up. left a bit of a ...

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the bearings were wiped to the copper layer. but they did not actually spin. the cranskahft did not ...