Superdave
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This fall I took my M35A2 on a 1600 mile road trip with the Western command Military Club out of Vancouver BC. On the trip I started to loose antifreeze and the oil fill cap was starting to plug up with a light sludge. Over the trip I added about 6 gallons of water to it until I got it home. I had a suspicion of what happened as my friends truck did the same thing. I removed the oil pan and pressured up the rad to find out what I all ready knew 
. # 6 cylinder was cracked behind the liner about 1 inch down and 6" around 
. I talked with the guy I had purchased the truck from and asked him if he had a good spare block as mine was cracked and he said he had one that was partially stripped when he got it so the next trip at the end of September I drove out (1300 mile round trip) to a function they had and picked up the motor and brought it home. The next day I stripped the engine down only to fond a 6" long vertical crack in #4 cylinder . This was getting frustrating and I then pulled my motor out to strip it down to see what the rest of it was like. I could not get #5 liner out as it was seized in and #4 was cracked as well and the lifters were in poor shape as some of the main and rod bearings.
I called the guy back to tell him that the motor I got from him was no good and wanted to see if he had another one?? He said that he had one that he installed but made a growing noise when he fired it up in a truck and pulled it out because of it. I thought as long as the block was good it would be fine. It was a while before I got to go out again ( another 1300 mile road trip) and I picked it up last weekend. I pulled the pan on it today to find out what the noise was ( who ever rebuilt the motor did not install the bolts from the oil pump to the main cap, the only bolts holding it up was the pickup bolts). Apon further inspection I found that #4 rod bearing was toast and #3 main bearing has spun in the block and I do not know if it can be fixed. This is motor #3 and I still do not have a good one to even make one out of the 3 of them. I think I will start to take up DRINKING as I am starting to loose the fun in this truck.
. # 6 cylinder was cracked behind the liner about 1 inch down and 6" around . I talked with the guy I had purchased the truck from and asked him if he had a good spare block as mine was cracked and he said he had one that was partially stripped when he got it so the next trip at the end of September I drove out (1300 mile round trip) to a function they had and picked up the motor and brought it home. The next day I stripped the engine down only to fond a 6" long vertical crack in #4 cylinder . This was getting frustrating and I then pulled my motor out to strip it down to see what the rest of it was like. I could not get #5 liner out as it was seized in and #4 was cracked as well and the lifters were in poor shape as some of the main and rod bearings.I called the guy back to tell him that the motor I got from him was no good and wanted to see if he had another one?? He said that he had one that he installed but made a growing noise when he fired it up in a truck and pulled it out because of it. I thought as long as the block was good it would be fine. It was a while before I got to go out again ( another 1300 mile road trip) and I picked it up last weekend. I pulled the pan on it today to find out what the noise was ( who ever rebuilt the motor did not install the bolts from the oil pump to the main cap, the only bolts holding it up was the pickup bolts). Apon further inspection I found that #4 rod bearing was toast and #3 main bearing has spun in the block and I do not know if it can be fixed. This is motor #3 and I still do not have a good one to even make one out of the 3 of them. I think I will start to take up DRINKING as I am starting to loose the fun in this truck.
