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id: reader_ask_20260907_191249_42ac3f
title: 'Ask from Steve: Tell me about your white truck...'
category: Wisdom
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- determined
- hopeful
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keypoints:
- 2002 F-350 Super Duty with 190k miles
- Number eight cylinder scoring fixed via engine rebuild
- Considering trailer haul or ride request for retrieval
- Engine responding better post-rebuild
- Concern over break-in period for new engine
summary: Steve describes his 2002 F-350 Super Duty white truck with 190,000 miles
  that needed an engine rebuild due to scoring on the number eight cylinder piston.
  He discusses options for retrieving the truck after the rebuild, weighing trailer
  use versus asking for a ride, and notes the engine is responding better now.
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- white-truck
- f-350
- engine-rebuild
- vehicle-maintenance
- voice-log
- truck-repair
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created: '2026-09-08T00:12:49Z'
updated: '2026-09-08T01:15:43Z'
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---

# Question from Steve

Tell me about your white truck...

## Your answer

_Dictate in Obsidian with Speech Kit (sidebar). Words appear as you speak. Then STORE → KB._
Oh that jewel?
2002 F-350 Super Duty.
It's got about 190,000 miles, I think.


So the So the number eight cylinder had some scoring in the piston head and And, um... It seemed like the clearest way to resolve the whole situation was to... Swap out engines And so... Got it created. Rebuild engine and I think by probably tonight it's Put in installed

Tell us some more about that truck. Alright, well, um... Hopefully, hopefully it doesn't need a real extended break-in time for the engine. I gotta figure out how to go get it whether I should go get it with the trailer and haul it back Go get it with the trailer and then put This struck on the Gooseneck trailer and hooked the new... They have 350 white. To the trailer and haul it back with that i don't know if that might be too much for a non Uh... A seasoned broken engine? I don't know. Now that's... I'll just get humble, ask Rock to catch the Daniel. me a ride to the truck. Now that is really, that's responding so much better now. I mean... That's doing...