And as I learn more, it seems that dudes who work on shit boxes have this general attitude. If it works right now, keep fucking moving lol

Those fuck around and find out parts are a dilemma though. It's different if you know it's a leaking pan or something like that. Could lose an engine

OEM and aftermarket for these engines (not the trucks) is great in some areas still. Regulation has killed a lot, but for now it's still fine, spendy, but fine. Yup i ground it down, treated it, and sealed it, but some spots were too thin to grind out so there is only so much I can do for now. And then there is always - well it's a worn 270k mile engine and still had plenty of original parts on it, how much is going to need replacing if I pull it. Then I might as well do a full rebuild on it XD

Yeah I think that's why the attitude is to just not. Because you can very easily justify this and that until you and up in some shit filled hole you didn't plan on being in.

It was that way when I decided to fix someone's bullshit in a website back when I did that. You pull one little thread and somehow end up naked 😂