I missed what the first question was, but I have 200K on my '89 and it runs
as good today as it did new. The lifter noise at startup is a little louder
after sitting overnight, but not much. I haven't checked compression in a
while, but last time I did the numbers were right on the money. I believe
that the synthetic oil I used in the last 100+K miles definitely helped.
The only major engine item I replaced was the timing chain at about 190K.
The only reason I changed it was that I noticed that the timing mark was
starting to jump around when I was setting the timing. The chain was not
bad, just a little stretched. At first I thought that it would have a nylon
tooth gear, but it had a double roller. Nice surprise! The nylon gear was
always the weak spot in the car version of the CC smallblock.
BTW, the best thing I ever did was the TSB for the valve cover gaskets. If
you have not done this to your non-magnum, you should. I have not had a
leak in the 100K miles since I did it (same gasket). This is after changing
the stupid things 3 times before with regular gaskets. I forget the PN, but
I am sure that any good parts counterperson at a dealer would know.
Thanks,
Rob Weingart
>My Dads Previous truck, a '87 Dakota LE with the V6 had 175000 miles on
>it when he traded it for his '97 RAM. It ran great when he traded it
>except for a little valve noise and something funky going on with the
>steering wheel. It got loose or something.
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