LMM: LMM with 222,000 tear down rebuild

WolfLMM

Making Chips
Nov 21, 2006
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It has to be the long axis causing the irregular burn. But I'll take the strength of oval design and put up with a little more smoke or soot any day!!
 

malibu795

misspeelleerr
Apr 28, 2007
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It has to be the long axis causing the irregular burn. But I'll take the strength of oval design and put up with a little more smoke or soot any day!!

Trade-off of the design...get 2 of 3 things..
We got strength and reliability and efficiency took a hit.

End of the day... They have served me well.
 

malibu795

misspeelleerr
Apr 28, 2007
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This is $$$ through crankcase... ~215k on block, ~250k on pistons, 47k on recent rings, which ptwc was .006".. limit is .010" I'm sure the SS rings I put in in june are chewing the wall up faster than the DI rings where.. probably pushing .008" or bigger now..
~12 weeks till retirement
https://youtu.be/v_fV4Ov0lK8
 

jlawles2

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Jan 28, 2010
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200K+ on a rebuild the way you are running it in my opinion is a good life expectancy. These blocks were not designed to run at the required HP you are pushing for the number of hours per day / week / year that you run the truck.

How many miles are you getting out of a transmission rebuild / refresh?
 

jlawles2

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Jan 28, 2010
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200K+ on a rebuild the way you are running it in my opinion is a good life expectancy. These blocks were not designed to run at the required HP you are pushing for the number of hours per day / week / year that you run the truck.

How many miles are you getting out of a transmission rebuild / refresh?
 

malibu795

misspeelleerr
Apr 28, 2007
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Been watching oil pressure drop slowly last couple weeks.. normal was 65-70@2100 rpm I'm holding ~40psi now at 200-210° EoT..
Got couple gauges and started check for restrictions
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I was seeing ~35-40psi drop from oil pump to #2 journal.. normal is 10psi at 200-210° EoT and idle
Drop the aux oil cooler and tested OEM cooler drop.. is 20psi.. should be ~5psi at idle..

Think I'm got to gut the OEM cooler and run the aux cooler straight
 

M.A.M.

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Jan 9, 2016
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What's your thot on what exactly is plugging up the cooler? Did you ever put a new cooler on after any of the rebuilds? I read thru the whole thing, but forget...


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