Replacement power train or motor options?

[2wheels70]

I've searched it yes
Come to a few recommendations only to find places out of business
I'm sure to many these are just toys
I drive mine fairly often and 30 miles to work on occasion
I'm not completely against a used tested motor but have seen some places advertising them then threads about what was stated about the motors wasn't true so...
Has anyone found a reliable source for either good used military takeouts or realistically priced reman/new long blocks?
Have considered a Cummins or gas conversion but honestly would just like to either remain 6.2 or possibly upgrade to 6.5
Mines an 89 that still does the job but I can tell it's not going to keep on keeping on forever

 

[Postman515]

I have a takeout 6.5L Turbo, 4L80E, 242 TC drivetrain for sale.

 

[2wheels70]

What's something like that cost?

 

[simp5782]

Jasper will sell you a reman long block for what your truck is practically worth.

Buy a junk engine and rebuild it in your garage and at your own budget and pace.



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[2wheels70]

I'd honestly build a motor myself but a couple considerations are
Buying a few junks that may be cracked block/heads
Local machine shops are spotty unfortunately

 

[simp5782]

I'd honestly build a motor myself but a couple considerations are
Buying a few junks that may be cracked block/heads
Local machine shops are spotty unfortunately

Quite a few in nashville actually. Hamilton's is a company i have used before. I know people that will give you their stacks of old junk 6.2s. Most of them are #8 slaps.

There is no quality assurance with government stuff.

I have a 6.5 turbo GEP in Cookeville that you can hear run before you buy it.

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[Retiredwarhorses]

OEM repowers are our specialty....

 

[Action]

I got a 6.2 at a junkyard for like $200. I had to switch everything over from humvee engine. It is just a regular GM block.

 

[Skrilex]

Cummins or bust. Literally.

 

[doghead]

I thought Nashville was the birthplace of stock car racing.

I would have guessed there would be engine builders at every street corner.

 

[NDT]

Ted's Trucks n Stuff is my top pick for a tested boroscoped GEP 6.5. I will never rebuild another crack prone GM 6.2 or 6.5 given the seeming endless supply of GEP engines.

 

[gimpyrobb]

While the majority of their motors are good, not all of them are. Look over on dieselplace for more info on Teds 6.5 motors. I have had nothing but good experiences with teds, but that guy didnt.
.

 

[NDT]

While the majority of their motors are good, not all of them are. Look over on dieselplace for more info on Teds 6.5 motors. I have had nothing but good experiences with teds, but that guy didnt.
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If you dig into that situation, that is why they started borescoping the engines, because of that occurrence.

 

[2wheels70]

I read that whole Ted's debacle
Glad to know they're using a borescope now
That whole thread turned me off from Ted's

 

[gimpyrobb]

I don't know that I would go THAT far. MANY folks have had good luck with them(ted's), myself included. I just wanted it known that they are take-out motors, not brandy new and even if new, theresno guarantee. I would say the "Richingalvestin's" BRANDY new motor was a debacle.

 

[2wheels70]

Nothing against Ted's but I read that awhile back and obviously they aren't new motors but that whole mess left me feeling like a motor from him was a bad idea
I never did read where he got anything but two bad ones unfortunately
I know how the internet goes but I also read where Ted's was invited to the thread but never seemed to show up
S"'t happens it's what happens after that matters most

 

[porkysplace]

Nothing against Ted's but I read that awhile back and obviously they aren't new motors but that whole mess left me feeling like a motor from him was a bad idea
I never did read where he got anything but two bad ones unfortunately
I know how the internet goes but I also read where Ted's was invited to the thread but never seemed to show up
S"'t happens it's what happens after that matters most

Your taking a gamble with any used motor , it doesn't matter where you get it . Most junkyards offer a 30 day warranty (if they offer any at all) on the motor but not any related parts or labor.

 

[2wheels70]

Your taking a gamble with any used motor , it doesn't matter where you get it . Most junkyards offer a 30 day warranty (if they offer any at all) on the motor but not any related parts or labor.

True

 

[2wheels70]

Still in the market

 

[Postman515]

I have some GEP 6.5L Turbo Drivetrains That don't look like they've been ripped out of the body by an excavator