Re: Back after 1yr, new camshaft and lifters

From: Kevin (ksmith10@kornet.net)
Date: Fri Mar 08 2002 - 17:52:02 EST


What kind of symptoms did you have as far as poor running? Were there any
mechanical noises that would have clued you in on a bad rocker, and loss of
a cylinder?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Sawyer" <tsawyer@watercove.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:13 AM
Subject: DML: Back after 1yr, new camshaft and lifters

> Greetings DML:
>
> After changing jobs and being busy beyond all belief I'm back on the dml.
>
> Recently my truck started running rather poorly, so I changed plugs, cap &
> rotor,
> and wires. It ran better, but not much.
>
> I brought it into the local mech. (not a dealer ;) and learned that one of
> my rockers
> decided to let go. It took the lifter and subsequently the cam shaft (No
2
> cyl).
>
> So, 2k later, I get to pick my '97 5.2l CC 4x4 sport up and hopefully
throw
> another
> 100k miles on it.
>
> Great to be back,
> Travis Sawyer
> '97 5.2l 4x4 CC, 111k Mi, quickd intake
>



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