Originally Posted By bboogieart
Originally Posted By 340Cuda
If it were mine I think I would replace it with a complete rebuilt engine from one of the reputable reman companies.

I know its an old mechanics tale, that I never believed until it happened to me, but good heads on a old block can cause the rings to fail, in my case immediately.

Bill

Happened to me too.
Car ran fine for a few hundred miles then poof, the rings went south.
Of course mine was a '68.
Maybe the newer motors aren't as prone.

Mine was a 1980 D-3500 with a 360. It started once on its own after the rebuilt heads were installed. After that I had to put oil in the cylinders to get it to start. I did a in the chassis ball hone ring job and got it going again. Never would have believed it if I had not lived it.
Bill