click on my signature and look through my online photo galleries, there are quite a few more interesting pictures there....

look under the "repair pictures" album, there are several different Lightning cab off pictures and a standard f-150 full frame replacment job photos there.

http://public.fotki.com/superford/repair_pictures/

or click on the "5.4 Engine Assembly " folder and then once inside click on the "Cab Off Engine Removal & Install Pics" album for more pics of my truck specifically.
http://public.fotki.com/superford/li...f_engine_remo/

later,
chris

 

I wish I had the tools and garage you have available to you I to remember your initial posts from the build up, glad to see you decided to keep this beast and approuch this with a clear mind. Good Luck and hope everything works out for you.

 

Now thats the way to work on an L all the room in the world ! Goodluck on getting it back to those awesome #'s . Must be nice to have access to all those nice tools& lift Your gallery is great too.

 

Good to see and read that your back at it again.

Photo Gallery......................Website.......................Modifications

Have a great day eh !................................................. .....Dave

 

Chris, can it turn out to be Head/Valve related only,
that would be awesome

Lightning recovery my Brother

 

We pray for the ENGINE of DOOM's triumphant return

Can't wait to see you post the " She's up and running again" post!!!

 

 

LOL at the "engine of doom" banner

unfortunately, it ain't lookin good guys.

I'm at work right now, getting leakdown all over the place from the intake & exhaust valves? and the crankcase too...

I'm busy, but I'll update later.

chris

 

CHRIS,
What did you find

 

Well, if worse comes to worse maybe you can get it back to stock condition and at least drive her again.

Maybe you could trade some of the trick stuff for new stock.

I hope the crank is in good shape and you have your old rods.

Maybe you just got some pistion and ring peaces stuck in the valve seats and or bent the head of the valve.

Hope your back on the road soon.

 

Hey Chris, just a crazy idea, have you ever take the bed off and drive the truck like that, I saw one of those modded mini trucks like a c-10 drive like that and let me tell you when he hit it all I saw were smoke from the tires going down the street all the way (no brake torquing) just awesome, no traction, just a thought. Hope you can get that awesome beast back up and running, good luck

Bert,
AKA....DA BOLT

 

good luck and hope your trucks problem dose not set you back tooooo far..

 

Good luck Chris. Man I bet the techs at my dealership wish they had a shop like yours. Management would have a cow if a tech had his own vehicle in the shop taking up space.

Speedy recovery to the engine of DOOM

 

thanks for the pics bro.

Good luck

 

Lets fix it!

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