This saga just got crazier. (Btw..."He has 5:29 gears & 4:70 on the dual case") So the machine shop has been rebuilding this engine and he called me this morning and stated that "The main caps, more specifically the thrust main threw me for a loop because they are for a 1983 BUT THE BLOCK IS AN 85!?, so we need to find a block from an 85".
Also upon tear down, the hole on top of piston 1 according to him "was caused by something being dropped down plug hole or maybe changing an air filter but not from excessive overfilling of oil, which is why all the blow by". So the only thing we had done to the truck was installing a new Weber as well as some hydro power steering assist device that california crawlers did. I also took your advice and bought the Pro Torquer Camshaft from LCE Performance for the 22R. (
http://www.lceperformance.com/Pro-Torquer-Camshaft-20R-22R-RE-RET-p/1022024.htm) I'm getting frustrated because I've heard people telling me that excessive oil CAN cause this issue and I've had the same amount telling me no it can't. Anyway, I'm just posting everything I've been told thus far in hopes that some of you can make better sense of it all if at all possible. Thanks guys!
