NOT pointless, you NEED to know where the vibration came from OR you may be replacing engines once a week, this type of issue IS NOT a plug and play fix. You post up with a issue, you ask for thoughts. if you DO NOT want to read some thoughts on your issues DO NOT post up the issue asking for our thoughts, just go on wondering in the darkness and deal with the issues on your own.
KGR left the building 2 hrs. ago.
I'm not sure why you're so riled up. I didn't ask for thoughts on the vibration issue. I'm satisfied it's fixed, but I realize you feel a u-joint couldn't/didn't do it. One thing at a time, and right now I'm looking at how to replace the engine, which needs to happen regardless of what caused it. So once I get replacing the engine going, I can look at other things. And I did take the truck to professional mechanics and have it looked over, and they checked all the things people suggested in the post where I was asking for thoughts about the vibration (e.g. flex plate / transmission, dead cylinders, other driveline vibrations, harmonic damper, etc.), and all they found was the u-joint. So please, can we leave that alone, or can you go post it in my thread about the vibration issue?
With this post I was just hoping someone had a good source, or something that I wasn't aware of as I'm new to military trucks. You know, "Company XYZ does a lot of builds and often has extra engines on hand.", or "Since these blocks were used in Kodiaks, it's often cheapest to just get a block from a HD truck dealer, along with a rebuild kit." Someone has something clever to add, I'm sure.
