I have purchaced a few surplus engines from GL over the last couple of years. I only pay close to scrap prices as you never know what you will get.
One of the engines went to Barrman for a M715 transplant a couple of years ago. He is finally installing it and it turns out to be a fresh rebuild. His M715 should be back on the road soon.
Last year I purchased a 2006 GEP 6.5L. Turned out it has a dead cylinder. Haven't taken it apart to see whats wrong. The outside of the engine looks brand new
A couple of months ago I purchased a 2004 GEP 6.5L from Missouri GL. Finally got a chance to test it out today.
Time to ground hop in the can.
Removed the glowplugs and wrenched the engine over 5 or 6 revolutions. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Installed my modifed support bracket, a gear reduction starter, oil filter and bypass and hooked up the batteries. Removed the tach drive and primed the oil pump.
Time to test the starter. Spun the engine over a few times without GPs with no incident.
Now time to check compression. Checked each cylinder with 6 to 7 compression strokes
1 - 280
2 - 400
3 - 400
4 - 400
5 - 400
6 - 400
7 - 400
8 - zero
Oh crud here we go again. Another dead cylinder.
With no strange noises I decided to go ahead and attempt a startup. So I hooked up the fuel lines and spun the engine over a few times to bleed the air out of the lines.
Time to install the glowplugs and wire them up. Hooked up the IP fuel shutoff. Fingers crossed.
10 seconds of glowplug heat, wait, and another 10 seconds. (it was 37 today so I was helping them out)
Time to roll some coals.
Hit the starter and white smoke, another 10 seconds of glowplugs, hit the starter again. It attempted tp start but didn't. Hit the starter again and just a clunk. Checked the cables and tried again. Clunk.
Start looking over everything and found this:
![rod1.jpg rod1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/278/278939-388c866b1fe62055b69cabed7ae20e6b.jpg)
![rod2.jpg rod2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/278/278940-634e0bd75190202059a68c798eaed04b.jpg)
I guess I have an expensive boat anchor.
Maybe Barrman will give me the engine back.
One of the engines went to Barrman for a M715 transplant a couple of years ago. He is finally installing it and it turns out to be a fresh rebuild. His M715 should be back on the road soon.
Last year I purchased a 2006 GEP 6.5L. Turned out it has a dead cylinder. Haven't taken it apart to see whats wrong. The outside of the engine looks brand new
A couple of months ago I purchased a 2004 GEP 6.5L from Missouri GL. Finally got a chance to test it out today.
Time to ground hop in the can.
Removed the glowplugs and wrenched the engine over 5 or 6 revolutions. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Installed my modifed support bracket, a gear reduction starter, oil filter and bypass and hooked up the batteries. Removed the tach drive and primed the oil pump.
Time to test the starter. Spun the engine over a few times without GPs with no incident.
Now time to check compression. Checked each cylinder with 6 to 7 compression strokes
1 - 280
2 - 400
3 - 400
4 - 400
5 - 400
6 - 400
7 - 400
8 - zero
Oh crud here we go again. Another dead cylinder.
With no strange noises I decided to go ahead and attempt a startup. So I hooked up the fuel lines and spun the engine over a few times to bleed the air out of the lines.
Time to install the glowplugs and wire them up. Hooked up the IP fuel shutoff. Fingers crossed.
10 seconds of glowplug heat, wait, and another 10 seconds. (it was 37 today so I was helping them out)
Time to roll some coals.
Hit the starter and white smoke, another 10 seconds of glowplugs, hit the starter again. It attempted tp start but didn't. Hit the starter again and just a clunk. Checked the cables and tried again. Clunk.
Start looking over everything and found this:
![rod1.jpg rod1.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/278/278939-388c866b1fe62055b69cabed7ae20e6b.jpg)
![rod2.jpg rod2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/278/278940-634e0bd75190202059a68c798eaed04b.jpg)
I guess I have an expensive boat anchor.
Maybe Barrman will give me the engine back.
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