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Old 08-28-2012, 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5 View Post
the leakdown test is no good, some valves are bent...

i did some cross reference between TUB44 and B46, it seems a few parts are the same... so, maybe, instead of considering downgrading, i just get a used TUB44 engine for donor parts?... I have couple pieces of engine walls busted broken in small chunks of metal...
i still will need fresh gaskets and maybe a few 4.6 specific parts...

stilll looking into it...
The heads are different, just pull them and get them rebuilt.
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