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    Cracked Cylinder Sleeve Causes & Backstory

    Thanks for the tip. I didn't realize thosed 6.0 engines were aluminum blocks. I'm going to look at oil starved 5.3 tomorrow that's been all torn apart. Basically I'm just going for the block so I can get that out to a machine shop to bored oversize and have cam bearings installed. I'm going to...
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    Cracked Cylinder Sleeve Causes & Backstory

    I'm exploring the court option. I have to be able to prove fraud though, that's going to be an uphill battle. I'd be better off going the Deceptive Trade Practices Act route vs small claims. Any other truck will still be a roll of the dice. If the transmission is actually good in this one, I'd...
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    Cracked Cylinder Sleeve Causes & Backstory

    More than I should have, less that I could have. It was $6,500. If the trans and trasfer case hold up long term it still wasn't a horrible price. I bought it thinking I'd still be above water even if I had to put an engine in some day. But I was thinking a couple years down the road. I didn't...
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    Cracked Cylinder Sleeve Causes & Backstory

    Thanks for the welcome. Here's a pic from the listing. I was going to post the ad, he never deleted it which I thought was weird... Maybe he doesn't know he can. I haven't left a review yet, I'm going to be calling a laywer on Monday. I don't want to say something in the review that could hurt...
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    Cracked Cylinder Sleeve Causes & Backstory

    Hey Guys, New member here. I've lurked in the past as I previously had a 04 Denali I fixed up and drove 35k miles before the rust won the battle. To avoid rust, I vehicle shopped in the SW while traveling for work. About a month ago I bought what I thought was a super clean 08 Denali to...
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