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Sorry to hear this. That is definitely a bummer. I had some similar issues with a project this year and it is a bit of a set back. But, at least all the fab is done and it really looks great in there. I'm not familiar with these engines, but do any oil feed ports go through the block to the head using the head gasket to seal it? On 5.9 cummins it's that way and if the head gasket blows out near the oil feed passage you get oil blowing out the side. Could it be a bad valve seal or seals as well? Hopefully you'll get lucky and it'll be something simple! Good luck sir!

Fixed! The valve cover vent tube was supposed to be hooked to a fresh air tube on the throttle body but I had it hooked to manifold vacuum. It was sucking oil right out of the valve cover into the intake. Great news but I am going to have to pull the trans back out as the throwout bearing is not disengaging the clutch. But compared to what I though I was going to have to do, that's pretty minor.

Originally Posted by falconvan

Fixed! The valve cover vent tube was supposed to be hooked to a fresh air tube on the throttle body but I had it hooked to manifold vacuum. It was sucking oil right out of the valve cover into the intake. Great news but I am going to have to pull the trans back out as the throwout bearing is not disengaging the clutch. But compared to what I though I was going to have to do, that's pretty minor.

Good news, Falcon!! I'm glad! Hope the throwout bearing goes smoothly!

That is good news! Well, most of it is!

Well that's a good deal!

Best news we could hear. Nice fix.

Jack.

At least you have peace of mind regarding the engine now! Sorry to hear about the transmission. I would agree with everyone else that this is good news indeed, vs. an engine tear down!

OK, clutch is fixed, grill is on, and a couple of annoying oil leaks fixed. Should be road testing by next weekend! I decided to put a short build video together, check it out if you have 8 minutes to spare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mk1...ature=youtu.be

That was way cool! Great choice on the music too. What did you find in the clutch / tranny to be the issue?

Road Test! WOOO HOOO!!! LOL..

Originally Posted by 34_40

That was way cool! Great choice on the music too. What did you find in the clutch / tranny to be the issue?

Road Test! WOOO HOOO!!! LOL..

No biggie, just didn't have all the air out of the lines. I thought I'd bleed it once more before I pulled it apart and it started working.

All this is great news. SCARRY at first but all good now :-)

Ditto great music!

Great video falcon , that was some good luck just being a hose out of place .

Thanks, Bobby. Yeah, pulling the engine would have really sucked. Actually it was one of Auto Zone's online vacuum line diagrams that helped me figure it out. I usually dont buy parts there but they've got a lot of info on their site.

I should be doing a short road test tomorrow; over the last few days I wrapped up a lot of little stuff. I built a new shifter handle with some 1/2" stainless rod, wired the radio and put a check engine light in next to it, got the carpet and seat back in, plus some other goodies. Still a fairly good list of misc to finish but it should start making some short shakedown trips this week.

Really looking good