I wonder if a short block is what is in my truck currently.

 

You have a complete engine in your truck currently, with what it sounds like is a hole in the block.

A engine has heads and a block, the block has the crankshaft and pistons, the heads have the camshafts/sparkplugs.
What is means when someone gets a short block is they get a new/refurbished block with the crankshaft. The engine that failed is is taken out the vehicle, and the belt accessories, wiring harness, heads, timing components, ect are swapped over to the new block and reassembled into a working engine.
Sorry if I come across as a dick.

 

no your fine man thanks for describing it I just don’t know a lot about truck engines it looked like I’m a idiot for not knowing lol.

 

Dont worry about thinking you may look like a idiot, everybody started out not knowing a damn thing and had to ask lots and lots of questions, many of which seem stupid, hell I still ask my foreman something stupid at least once a week.

 

I am trying to get a job at a ford dealership as a service tech.

 

Do you have experience beyond doing oil changes, tune up, etc?

 

Keep in mind, the dumbest question is, the one that is not asked !

 

The extended warranty company bought a used engine with 60,000 miles on it I’m thinking that is bad I’m not too happy because I thought getting used engines are junk.

 

Not what you want to hear but as long as the new engine has same or less miles as your original engine thats allowed. Body shops do this semi frequently, the engines often come out of totaled vehicles that do not have damage to the front, usually vehicle is rear ended and totaled by insurance.

 

it has 60,000 miles on and my truck currently has about 87,000 miles and a code for the timing has occurred they said so there fixing that.