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Good evening. I have not done any research yet and am wondering what is already known. I have installed a 2001ish center mount turbo 6.5 engine in my CUCV. I installed the DB2 pump and did not carry over any of the later electronics.
I would like to get some gauges on the truck and have all of...
Long story, I bought a 2001 C3500 6.5 engine off eBay. It was supposed to be a runner but I decided to reseal it regardless. Good news is that a teardown revealed it to be a 2004 GEP engine. Bad news the block has 0.010 of wear from the head gaskets. I had the heads gone through and the block...
Does any have a favorite body bushing kit form the K30 based trucks? I've got the core support off and they're pretty rough hardware wise. I'd like to do the cab as well but one of the blind nuts is spinning 🤬.
In case anyone is else is dumb enough to try this, I finally reached a milestone putting a center mount 6.5 in my CUCV.
I'm just hoping it gets rid of that drone at 55mph 😉.
For the back story, I daily drove a CUCV for about 5 years and put close to 100k miles on it. Overall, the truck was very reliable, except for the v-belts. They required replacement with a specific brand of belts every 20k miles and getting the power steering pump tight was a PITA. I have always...
Anyways, the truck is in great shape. I got a smoking deal on it. So far, there are a few important problems. It doesn't start cold. I'm pretty sure this is glow plug related or glow plug controller related. I'll get to diagnosing it this week. Next, it wont hold 4-low. I've got a pretty...
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