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I washed what I took out anything in there I didn't want to touch due to the lifters being exposed. But yeah I plan on degreasing and washing the entire engine bay. Thinking I'll Monstaliner the jeep soon. I live in Michigan rust is my biggest enemy

Success took about a week couple hours after work every night once parts came in. No major issues during piston change out. Jeep fired righr up and sounds better than ever before. About to start the break in period now

Rebuilding myself cause screw these labor prices. Lol im cheap and with the economy where it's at I just need this thing running again. Cylinder walls were good. No issues. Ordered rebuild kit and now waiting on parts

Welp looks like a new Engine. Had a good feeling this would be the case. But wow. What carnage.... Thinking i might install the new 3.8 ho myself if this engine warranty through mopar isn't voided for garage installation. Guess 505 can hook me up with mopar warranty thatll cover all future...

Oh hey I found a cracked valve guide.

Sorry I clearly have a hard one for 505 haha I am by no means a spokesman or sponsor 😅

From what I've heard speaking with 3 different jeep guys. One of them being from 505 performance. The 3.8 is horrible with heat. It's like it was designed to manage heat in the worst way possible. Everything just over heats and wears out. It doesn't move enough air for what it's worth. There's a...

I'll post pics as I go along. Upper and lower intake manifold out of the way. Fuel Injection out. Zero signs of valve damage on top of head. Will need to now pull heads and inspect bottom plus pistons. One thing I noticed. Cylinder 6 ports have tiny tiny metal shavings in them. Nothing severe...

Thanks I havent kept up with much been running a hvac business the past 5 years

I'm looking at 505a stroked 3.8 dude its insane all the 5.3 and 6.0 ls engines are gone. My whole ls swap plan is outta the budget now with like engine costs upwards of 8k.

Any particular way to verify? Pulling pan and inspecting with manual rotation? I have the jeep Bible but books are only good for so much before experience is needed

Kinda what I'm leaning towards as well. These are big chunks. Oops Head and valve demo coming up in the few couple days so I'll get a way better look at the damage. If the pistons are in good shape im thinking of trying new heads they're only 250 each side local remained. If pistons show any...

Found these metal shavings behind the throttle body after removal. Tomorrow's job tsckles the manifold and valve covers.

This is my next step this week. I just find things very odd but thats my luck. I'm hoping if there is an issue it's in the head and I can just have a new head put on and be good. I do most if not allnwork myself but I don't feel confident diving into pistons

Long story. 2010 Jeep irregular oil changes. Mostly a offroad toy and snow. Last winter went wheeling. Was drifting around hit rev limiter jeep shut down. Restarted with out any noticeable issues. Went home and drove around on weekends with it for 3 months no problems. Mpg starts to drop off...

Like the title says, I noticed after wheeling this past weekend. My front transfer case seems to be leaking from the out shaft. I have an adams 1310 DS and when installed had 4.5° total. I'm going to have to find my angle finder and go back under to be sure. I dont have ant vibes to say. More...

I have a 2010 with the 3.8l, just hit 70k two days ago. Of course with that birthday I've developed some more issues. This one how ever I'm not quite sure how to go about. To me it looks like the timing cover might be leaking some how. So much so it's gotten the pulley saturated which in turn...

I'm looking for a set of upper adjustable control arms. I could also use a rear adjustable track bar. If anyone has either let me know

So I've been doing research and slowly progressing forward with my build. I've been debating what exactly I want to do as far as suspension upgrades. I'm running a 4 inch soft ride coil system with bilsten 5100s. I have 35" KM2s and everything works fantastic. I'm looking for some more flex and...

So like the title says I've broken my drivers side coil perch. Just enough to where my spring moved deep into the Grove and actually out of place. It's pretty bad Any ideas on how to go about fixing this?