I absolutely don't want to scare you, but I had an issue when I tried to haul a 11,000 pound load out of the mud, and the engine stalled about 15sec later. When I I tried to start the vehicle, it stalled almost immediately. I experienced MANY stalls before I tried troubleshooting the problem. This i...

You and the mechanic are not the first, or will be the last, to have done that. Easily done. Just don't ask me how I know..............!

Well done in figuring it out.

Neil.

You didn't mention intake manifold removal on 1st post.
That would be the 1st suspect.

I was pretty mad at myself. I had gone off the deep end trying to figure it out and it was nothing more than a stupid mistake on my part. On a positive note, I did learn a lot from the experience and I’m thankful for that. Anyway, all the best! About three years ago I was putting the top end back t...

We all make mistakes in the moment. The learning prevents re-doing it again, and the old saying, if it wasn't broken before you started, you have made an error and recheck the your work.

Neil.

Compression test will tell you something and not telling you anything....leaving you to chase your own tail. That said....if oil control rings are shot...compression will still be good but it will pouring oil into intake through pcv system. Testing should be more intense...compression,leak down,dry ...