Mike, if you are planning on keeping the truck for any extended period of
time,
consider this-- You could pull the motor without too much fuss.
Have a the heads checked out (have a valve job, go with bigger valves, etc.)
Have the crank/cyl checked... Probably just hone the cyl, and rering the
pistons. Put yourself a cam in, new timing chain, new oil pump, etc.
Put it back together, new gaskets all around.. reinstall your motor.. and
You'll have at least 108K additional miles as new... Plus while it's out,
throw in a new Torque Converter, and have your seals replaced on the front
rear of transmission.
Sounds like a lot of cash, but that's what I plan doing on my RT about 100k
miles...
As far as just doing the cam, replace the lifters, and have the pushrods
checked.
I am having a 383 big block rebuilt, and the pushrods were fine, I am
putting
in a Crower cam, so I also replaced the lifters at the same time.
Don't put a SC on a highmileage motor... You'll just be pulling the motor a
lot sooner.
Sam '00 RT
(Got a '95 SLT for sale still... once I get it running)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Michael Clark
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 11:16 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Mods on high mileage motors
>
>
> Ok, I've got 108,650 on the odometer. I'm thinking about a cam swap
> and while I'm doing that I'll replace the timing set. Is doing
> something like a cam swap on a high mileage motor a good idea? Would I
> be better off to just keep saving for a complete rebuild instead?
> Engine runs fine. It uses/leaks about 1 quart every 5000 miles. I
> don't know for sure how much is leaked and how much is used, but the
> garage floor doesn't have any spots. My valve covers are seeping
> though (I think some new gaskets are needed).
>
> Would a compression test be in order to determine how healthy the
> engine is?
>
> Last weekend I started up the Dak (it had been setting for a few days
> without being started) and I heard a lifter ticking pretty loud for
> about 2 seconds, then it went away. Should that worry me? It's never
> done that before.
>
> If I do decide to go forward with the cam swap, would there be any
> sense in putting new lifters, and push rods in? I want to, but don't
> know if I really need to or if it would just be money wasted.
>
> And how dumb would it be to set a supercharger on a high mileage
> motor? Thanks guys
>
> --Mike www.mikesdakota.com
>
>
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