so the miles continue 299,500 and counting! rebuilt the engine through the week, had a couple issues had to pull the engine after installing it, found an issue with the crankshaft, there was a type of "burr" by the oil hole on one of the journals, i smoothed it out and all is well. dropped it in and away it went. i had my doubts.....lol but its fixed. have one small coolant leak from the o ring on the heater pipe that goes in by the water pump, other than that. it was a ***** gettin out the air pocket.... whew!