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To be fair, my buddy Chris (whose house the Heep is now at) did a lot of the work this go-'round. He's the professional mechanic that helped me w/ the timing set and such so he feels kind of invested in the project and WTF happened. Friday night we got a good bit done, and he had more done...

I really like how that came out! I might have to copy you. -TJ

Something dropped into a cylinder was my next though but we covered the spark plug holes as well injector holes and obviously were careful. What are the chances we dropped something in two cylinders side by side and no others? Possible, but not probable... I need to talk to the reman company...

They certainly are... but just so weird it did it after all this work. Maybe the HLAs really were getting weak and the valves haven't been really opening 100% for a while... having the valves coming back to the seats from full travel was enough to knock a few seats loose? -TJ

That's what we're thinking... but what are the odds? -TJ

Pan and pickup both free of debris... -TJ

Took it to my buddy's because the picker, engine stand, etc. etc. all were there so it just made more sense. Plus his tools are there and he's just more efficient there. Got started working on it today. New motor: Got the old one out: Unfortunately, I didn't think about the...

Lincoln (but spend Mon-Thurs in Palo Alto for work). -TJ

Yeah man... this is a tough one. I'm not even sure what I'm hoping for when I get it open: something I did wrong or something that just failed. For the rest of the group, JCWages and I were in a LT1/LS1-based (and later LS2, LS6, LS7, etc.) based car club for a decade or something back in the...

I thought about the rockers too, since we had all those off to do the HLAs. I *guess* it could just be pure chance that only the passenger side rockers popped off and maybe one got hung-up in a valve spring on each of the dead cylinders keeping the valve open, forcing the piston to bend them...

The boxes, for SURE the boxes. -TJ

Motor came in today (and my buddy who's been helping me work on it's new Snap On boxes - all 4 of them, they're worth a loooooooooot more than my old WJ lol). -TJ

New motor arrives today. I guess we'll find out WTF happened this weekend when we pull the covers and whatnot off the old one. -TJ

That's certainly awesome travel and if it's tuned well will be a joy on rutted and washboard roads. If you do opt for the front locker, it'll also be nice and capable with a true 4Lo and dual lockers. -TJ

WOW - 14" or travel front and rear? That's Yuge. A Raptor is ~13" IIRC. -TJ

Not a bad idea... and really not much more work overall if you can find a stable place for the jackstand. In reality I carry a bottle jack for now, but I'm always glad to see a high-lift in our group too. ;) -TJ

Thanks for the kind words, and you're certainly right. I just keep looking back at all the pics and trying to figure out what went wrong - everything checks out in the pics (all grenade pins pulled, all tensioners and guides in the right places, all timing marks correct, etc.). I really want...

I'm hearing more and more about "Titan swaps." Does everything just bolt up? -TJ

How are you going to use a lift-mate to change a tire in an awkward offroad position? If you vehicle has any flex at all you'd have to go ridiculously high with the wheel you're lifting from to get the tire you need to change off the ground (I'm not even sure I could do it with a standard...

I'm with you on that one! To the OP, I don't want to be "that guy" but I'll say it anyway: the most affordable option to greatly increase your off road capability might be trading in your 2WD truck. You could spend thousands modding the 2WD and only approach the capability of a stock 4WD...