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Re: The wait is over! Now need to install.
« Reply #120 on: May 02, 2017, 03:30:49 AM »
I've been trying to keep up with your build and would have already given up because of my lack of mechanical ability. At least you know what you are doing. I am just a hack trying to get my rig reliable and back on the road/off road. I figure my Toy will be much better and less expensive than the best side by side for hunting/fishing and have heat and air.

Keep plugging away at it and I know you will have it done in no time.

HN




Hey Hickory Nut,

Thanks for the support.  :beerchug:

You gotta be more than a "hack" to rebuild a 22RE!  "... I know what I'm doing.."... that would be a stretch.  :gap:

I have some experience and some mechanical skills, but for me this engine has been more challenging and is more complicated than rebuilding a 60's Chevy small block, a juiced up 455 Olds, or a 1960's VW flat 4.  :yesnod:

I'm slower than average, but "learning" as I go.  I realize now what I would do differently if I were to rebuild another 22.  I believe that you can read, study, research, get great input for the "experts", etc... but until you actually put your hands on it... it is only "air-building"... like bench-racing.  :biggthumpup:

Gnarls. :spin:




1986 XtraCab SR5 22RE 5speed W56B, ~16,000 MI after break-in, DIM (Did It Myself) rebuilt engine - .020" over, engnbldr RV head, OS valves, 261C cam, DT Header. https://imgur.com/oACTHTR

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