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I haven't found any heads close by yet. I'll have to take a closer look at the cracks after these storms pass. That one trip of hauling my gear is the only time I've ever loaded it down so the damage might have been done while it was still a tanker truck for the fire department.

Thank you gringeltaube for going through the trouble of pulling the heads and finding that information. It will be helpful information when others work on these less common engines. .

I was wrong. All the pistons have cracks. I took the pictures in order but the computer decided to put them in a random order.

My wife picked them up from the shop but they talked to me on the phone. They said that they failed a vacuum test but when I told them I didn't think I would be able to find parts they recommended moroso ceramic seal and that was about as far as the conversation went.

I'll try to get pictures of the pistons sometime this week. I know some of them have cracks around the cups/ depression. Somebody told me to throw some diesel in the cylinder to check the seal of the rings. Some cylinders held it for most of the day others you could hear a slow dripping after...

That on the side of the block is probably where I had to use a torch and wax on the frozen nuts.

Folks say they like pictures so here they are. I've wipe what grime I can off both sides or the engine but can't find the tag. I don't have a plain multi-fuel to compare it to but I doubt they would have put the turbo and new injector pump on from the fire department before getting rid of it. It...

I'm trying to figure out how to get the pictures from my phone to the computer. It was running what I considered to be normal and strong considering it weighed in at 25,000 with trailer and cargo. I had a pyrometer mounted pre-turbo and a manual triggered water injection that helped but I wasn't...

Thank y'all for the help. Neither one looks like they have cracks or grooves. After looking up the price of a good straight edge I think it'll be cheaper to take it back to the shop.

I'll try to get pictures tomorrow.

That rules out that engine then. It kind of irritated me that the guy at the shop didn't believe me that a LDS-427 even existed.

I blew a head gasket in my truck a while back while hauling my gear home after getting out of the navy. I finally got the heads off and ordered the gaskets over the winter but when I took it to a machine shop they said both heads failed a vacuum test and didn't bother resurfacing them. They have...

A few more pics.

I figured this could go in this tread for North Carolina. My enlistment is up next month but I always enjoyed finding odd ball stuff out here. The triple axle container trailer is the only one marked to be torched soon but thought yall might enjoy the pics. The armor measures 38" x 51". It's...

There are four of us. One m35 and a suburban. My boy will ride with me so there's room in the burban for any that prefer to not wear ear plugs.

just weldit (Jacob), Jacksonville, NC, 843-812-9268

I've got dual 9 1/4 on mine. Don't forget to cover them if you park it for any length of time or you'll have some good sooty sludge on everything when you fire it up.

Alex400: The exhaust is dual 4" after the down pipe into old oxygen tanks. I've never been around a whistler turbo but the 427 sounds pretty mean compared to the old exhaust between the tandems.

my F250 has 4" lift and 35" tires but still looks small.