Is This The Final Day Working On The Truck After 10 Stressful Days? 

"Regathering it's thoughts, or whatever a lifter needs to do." This is why I watch this channel.

Put the old cam in your test stand motor to see if it will do the same thing

Honestly I feel like we trust parts and parts manufacturers more than we should. Congratulations on figuring it out.

There isn’t a mechanic out there that hasn’t been through the same thing with bad parts. You just gotta take the good with the bad and move on..Glad you got it figured out!

So replacing the cam bearings fixed the oil pressure and then the replacement of the cam fixed the rough idle. All this work for a “rebuilt engine that was under warranty.” Best RU-vid series ever made. Thanks for the journey Dex and Justin!

How many mechanics, novice or professional, would have given this much dedication to solving a problem? Right, not many. I’m with those who are glad you stuck it out, and those that felt your pain. This series was indeed addictive, like a soap opera. Stay tuned until the next episode. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏👏

Watched all the previous videos, all of which are awesome. You may have 80 hours of unpaid shop labor, but it’s really growing the channel and making great content. Robbie from Kentucky

Great job Dex, you hung in there and finally figured it out.

The 1 who built the motor it should have never left the shop running rough. #1 person that worked on it and built it to start.

At this point I feel like all his film and dedication is like your working for us

First off. For a while now you have been my favorite RU-vid stop. Love it when you upload videos. Knowledge, comedy. It’s here. Great series!

I am watching this 6 months later and glad you got it figured out. Great series and a lesson that I will never forget.

I love all your content. I have 3 jeep xj 95. 97. 98. All at different stages of build. You are a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for starting a RU-vid channel and sharing all that you know. Keep up the good work and fuck the hatters

I was a mechanic for 32 years and only ran into two problems like yours. I got them solved, and yes there was some money lost, but man the joy I got after it was fixed was crazy. Glad you hung in there and shared your experience with all of us. Watching you from El Cajon, California

I think you’ve more than proven that you are not a “hack job” mechanic. Well done and this is by far my favorite channel!!

Lets go dude! Dropping the first comment to boost the algorithm

Tenacity and perserverance is everything dude! Glad you figured it out! That's how one acquires knowledge and learns.

Almost 74k viewers …. RU-vid loves dex

I've watched all the videos on this Jeep. I'm happy for you that you figured it out.

That's a good deed for sure! Keep up the solid work. Honest work is hard to come by these days!

It was the CAM !!!!! WOW

Good job 👍👍 I thought it was the lifters the whole time but good job finally figuring it out

Its crazy how precise engine components have to be, even from an engine designed half a century ago. Glad you found the issue! Was a cool diagnosis to watch.

Thank God that’s over! I’m glad you got it figured out, it was a head scratcher for sure.

Hooray? Good job!

I like this guy. He's like the Duke boys, just a good o'l boy. Glad you figured out the problem Dex.

sometimes the problem is the oddest thing dont beat yourself up on this one . What you did is much more valuable then the money . 1, Im sure you learned alot from this situation 2. you gave back favor, 3, your character is on top of tops i take my hat off to you Sir. Hell or high water you had a mission and accomplished it worked your ass off you did. Keep smiling Dex you got it under control friend ! I also have a feeling your parents are pretty proud of both you and your brother . Keep them jeeps running have a good night. see ya next vid 👍

Kudos to you Dex for sticking with it. At a certain point it ceases to be business and becomes the principal of it. Also he is a friend of yours, although he should have brought it to you to begin with. Again you proved that you are a good guy. Be safe.

I was one of the guys who "guessed" incorect cam profile, and Dex was right about me using process of elimination. I bet if you put a degree wheel on that problem cam it would measure more duration and a tighter lobe separation angle. The computer wont like that "hotter" profile without a tune.

You did great Dex,WISDOM is earned not just learned bro.👍❤️💯

Love the videos, you can tell he puts the work in on these things. Can't wait to see many more from him 😁. Love the fact that he stays genuine and doesn't fake anything. Makes it way more enjoyable to watch when everything is real whether it's good or bad😁😁

Thank you DEX. I enjoy watching you and sometimes yelling at the screen. You are a talented mechanic.

Your lobe explanation makes perfect sense. Just remember the lifter is pumping up to compensate for that lack of base circle lobe. That is gonna cause the valve to be open prematurely when it hit the ramp on the lobe. It's the inconsistency in valve timing throughout that was causing this. Excellent video. Made me think and I appreciate how humble you and Justin are.

It is refreshing to see a true mechanic to do the right thing for the right reason and be humble all the while....I appreciate you taking your time to lead us through the whole process and outcome !

Praise God you got it fixed. I know you got tired of working on the thing. You did gain some knowledge. Great job. Wow..yeah fun stuff.

I hated that you had to go through this but I admire your tenacity. Had me thinking WTF between video 2 and 3 “did he just push it out and light it on fire”.

Good job brother 👍 I'm so glad you figured it out and got it fixed. I'd say you'll sleep better now. Keep on keeping on ✌️

Good job dex 💪 I enjoyed watching the serie!

Good to see you got it fixed man ! I done engine machine work for years in my 20's and 30's (a long time ago) I've seen a lot of weird stuff in that time. A hillbilly will always figure it out ! If he wants to !!!! Good luck ole buddy!

Glad you figured it out. I was hurting just watching this saga

The person that assembled the motor prior to you seeing it is responsible for this. There were secondary and tertiary issues that you had to resolve before you got to the camshaft. We all saw the footage of the bad compression and the royally messed up cylinder head. Not only was it warped but shaved too thin. They knew it too since they shimmed the top end. Even your brother observed the valves were not sitting right. You fixed the obviously bad head by switching it out and then re-assessed the situation. The issue was still there, and you said it yourself changing the pushrods is addressing the symptoms not the cause of the issue. People can hate on you because you don’t know the technical jargon or are good with numbers, but at the end of the day you fought it out to resolve the problem. One cylinder head and one camshaft later the truck is running great.

Glad you got it fixed Dex! Good job!!

I respect your tenacity. This was some good content as well.

Hey dex I've watched a lot of your videos and everything's cool I love the way you do s*** I'm 62 years old I've been doing s*** just the same way all my life hell I even drive like you.. have a good day keep up the good work

I would say whoever built the engine is the primary fault for not testing. Whoever originally put that engine in, clearly didnt test it so theyre secondary at fault. Thirdly, where do I get those clear marking lights!!! What a wild ride this series has been

That's a pretty clean truck just looks great. Kudos for getting to the heart of the problem I know eating cost hurts but that knowledge is priceless. Hopefully the content helps offset the time and effort.

That motor shouldn’t have left the shop were it was built, I’ve been watching you since the beginning and I knew you would figure it out, cause your determined

Thanks ,for not leaving me hanging... Dex. REBEL Crawdad

i was one of the guys that said the cam is bad, 👍 i said it was probably ground wrong from the factory. glad you solved the mystery

Now we know, always check the cam, nice work.

I watch every video, and i love the more in depth mechanical videos you make

Never give up never surrender salute 🫡 to you man

Glad you figured it out Dex, you the man!

Never would have thought cam at all after you had the intermediate times where you would get fire at 1 and the times it ran right. I was thinking lifters or plugged oil passage. Good job!

Nice work!! Enjoy watching things like this and to actually see what the problem is and what ya see figuring it out.

Man! Props to you Dex! I'm just a shade tree mechanic and amazed by your skill, knowledge and thinking ability. I would have given up long ago and ssid throw it away and stick a crate motor in it. If you read this, I'll tell you about my 2000 XJ Sport. It overheated and I paid a guy to put a new head (yeah, it was cracked) and gasket on it cuz I didnt have the time or space to do it myself. After it was all done we had a misfire that wasn't there before, so he tore it down again, blamed it on the head and returned it for a replacement. While it was torn down waiting on the replacement headn we decided (almost by chance) to pull the lifters to have a look, it did have 160k on it, but why didnt the guy do the inspection while he had the head off in the first place? This is a guy that built race engines, had his own shop and built one of the country's fastest corvette's, but he couldn'teven think to inspect other parts when he had the chance?! Well things just happen, I get it, I didn't think to suggest it either. Anyway, one of the lifeters (I think #3 cyl) was wore off at a slant you could visibly see so we instinctively pulled the cam and replaced it and new Lifter set with reman head again and were back on the road. Only thing was it now had a low end knock after just 10k miles. I was there when he put the cam in and he broke it in proper. I was happy for at least for 10k miles. But wasn't the guy's fault that did the work that it has the low end knock now. And I think he cut me a small break b/c he kinda knew he should've checked the lifters in the first place. But we talked and agreed on the price. Still I don't know if I'd go back to the same guy for any other work. You definitely went the extra mile to take care of this guy and I hope he doesn't feel the same way about you as I do for the guy that did my work. But I do think I found another mechanic and shop I can trust and have had much work done with them. Good luck, keep making videos for us all to enjoy and God Bless my friend!

Nice work as always.

Hell yeah man glad you figured it out, keep up the good work

Right on man glad that was figured out... it was driving me absolutely up the wall. Love to see more renix stuff

Glad you got it man.

That fun to fallow along on this journey!

Great work Detective Dex.

Interesting find Good on u for sticking with it 👌

What a saga. Great job Dex

You the man Dex congratulations 👍

You kick ass man great work

Good job Dex! These videos definitely deserve a playlist.

I admire your persistence

The way your videos are made and just the general vibe I would watch hour long videos just as much as short ones

I been waiting for this one!

glad it runs again clean rig

I’m glad you figured it out.

You got it. That's an awesome series of videos. Now I know what's getting replaced on mine. Thanks Dex

I greatly appreciate your completeness. I am working on a 04 WJ 4.0 right now so I greatly appreciate what you do. keep it up

Bravo Dex. Learned alot watching this series from start to finish. Appreciate the time and effort you put into this. Your bout my favorite utube mechanic channel

Excellent fix, i feel your relief 👍

im glad you showed these 3 videos it adds to my diagnostic thanks i have a 99 xj soon going to rebuild the engine. never done it before.

So glad that’s over with but a very good learning experience

I thought it was an excellent explanation. also if the resting side is bad whos to say the other parts of the cam wasnt messed up to. Another great video Dex! look forward to your uploads!

Good job, my friend.

Gald, you figured it out thanks for going into depth

I really enjoyed this series of videos. Keep up the great work! Both on videos and wrenching.

thanks for covering this! i was on team push rod and am impressed as to how you found the problem even tho you are not a machinist.

Great Vid Dex! Keep it up brother! Awesome to see you finally figure this thing out, and paying an old favor forward... Good Karma Points!!

Nice work! I barely had enough energy to watch it all.

You are so entertaining I can listen for hours. I wish you where closer to wisconsin.

I will tell you how I feel about this experience.I have been watching your stuff for a while in passing. After seeing how you handled this issue, I am a new subscriber. Well done.:)

Glad to see you got it fixed at least it made some good videos and was a nice learning experience I kind of hop you get something else like that for the videos. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Dex, keep doing you. I love your channel.

Well done Dex!! I’ve watched this from the start and I got to say I was so nervous, my heart was racing right before you started it up! Glad you figured it out. You’re a good dude to look at it as paying it forward somewhat from years ago! Dang that made my night!!

I’m so happy you got that MJ fix Dex.

Doesn't matter who was at fault what matters is you figured it out great job

Very cool. Crazy fix.

Good on u dex Fairplay to sticking with out That's why ur u mate🍻

this was a fun series to watch. almost like csi miami

Was watching on the tv. Had to log in on my phone to tell you awesome job. Hell I feel relieved in my life knowing the motor runs smooth. You’re a model of patience and persistence. There would be a windshield on my price sheet

Great job hack job! Lol never gave up. Proud of you DEX!

23:27 this shows the type of good person you are... 👍👍I'm glad you figured out what the problem was 🤔

Good on you , congrats that headache is over ,

A good mechanic can fix things a great mechanic can persavere with the problems and diagnose the cause of the problems snd fix them you dex are a step above all the mechanics and my hat goes off to you well done mate aussie al loving your channel keep the great work up