My skill set is "fixing things" so I could easily make some quick cash here and there.

But the real money is the technical knowledge I've got, and the clearance. Both of those should land me a decently well paying job, it's just finding the right people and asking the right questions.

For right now I can slum at my parent's house, they've got a camper trailer that's in decent shape except for the floor in the back where the bathroom is, and a small ant infestation that I'm steadily eradicating... But it's got power, heat, and the wifi just barely reaches out here, enough so that I don't have to tether my phone the entire time.

Things aren't perfect right now, but they aren't bad.

And to get back onto the topic of the truck:

Once I have the time and/or inclination to do so, I'll be pulling the engine out of the truck and dropping the oil pan to find out what went wrong where. I have a feeling I might have missed something tiny like a nick on one of the crank journals, or a bearing was just barely too tight and ended up spinning, something to that effect.

Once I get a look at what is salvageable and what is beyond saving, I can either rebuild it yet again or start looking for a new engine. I am open to swapping in something else. But that's future plans.