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That is some nice looking stuff :thumbsup: MGW

Sadly the small hole saw will not allow your hand to reach in and deal with the Glow plug wire. I did think about that very option, but the wire is still an issue. Getting a long extension and deep socket would be easy through the round hole Originally I was going for a 4" hole, but...

Now for the icing on the cake. Got a little help to provide the extra hand and POOOOOOF, a lovely little cover for the rat hole. Some cardboard, a little cutting to make a template, trace it onto some 14 gauge aluminum and a bit of band saw work and then bend the notch in, insert a scrap of 14...

OK I did some serious thinking about things on the Right side. Folks are always complaining about accessing the Glow plugs on the RH side. Here is grand solution to this PITA. With my right hand Effed up from the stroke, I can't reach up and get to the #8 Glow plug and wire. I did some...

Thanks The few thou miles is certainly a big stumbling block. Yeah, the yellow does grow on ya for sure. Brightens up the engine bay too :thumbsup:

Just seems like a crime to ruin that many vehicles. People would learn to drive in snow/ice damned quick me thinks. Heaven forbid to have a worthless thread :hihi: Piccy's My buddy came over yesterday and we did a bit more on the beast. We got the exhaust manifolds on as well as the...

I fail to see why they worry about the ice. Plow the roads and just live with it. All that salt can't be good for the environment. REALLY Eff up the streams I would think.

Would be cool if they made them suckers tilt cabs :thumbsup:

Rust would be an east coast issue me thinks My 89 K5 has 150k miles and zero frame or body rust (Western Oregon)

This has been tried before. IIRC AMG built a couple prototypes and tested them extensively. I think there was a common rail setup as well tried. The reason the design did not go too far was that sales numbers were not there to support it. GM had already bailed on the 6.5 design due to...

Yup I AGREE. The floppy head is a tad annoying for most stuff, and can lead to serious HIDE LOSS if you get to going too fast and not paying attention. I have a standard non flex head Gear Wrenches, and these are just badA$$ for many things. The worst part of getting an engine back in a GMT...

Thanks troops for the well wishes A friend came over as well as my son in law today, and we stuffed that six and a half back in Dahoooley. Not ready to run yet as I need batteries, but its in and bolted up. In the next couple days we will get the tid bits finished up and be ready to lite it...

Dont plug anything Just plumb it as I described and the oil will flow fine. The cooler ports are interconnected with the filter and to go plugging stuff really makes a mess in there As I mentioned, the back cooler port is the delivery from the pump, then to the cooler, back into the other...

Easy way. Install a set of fittings in the cooler ports and jumper these with a good high quality hydraulic hose. Install a spin on remote filter adapter and plumb the adapter to run the oil through the remote filter/cooler Option 2 would be to replace the filter with the adapter and jumper...

I have no experience with the ARP stud kits, but the reviews are real good. For a good rebuild, the boxed TTY bolts from Felpro are fine. Most factory built engine would run 200k + miles without issues. The only real advantage I see with the ARP studs on the 6.5 is that they are reusable...

Personally, I would stay away from the boxed rebuilt engines. Scare up a good block that does not have any center main cracks, then be sure the cylinder decks are good. These engines have a nasty habit of the decks eroding around the stainless fire ring of the head gasket on cyls 1 and 2...

Sadly, no garage The one shop building with a slab has an 8 foot door, and Fat Butt truck won't fit Bummer

Jay :hello: No problem. happy to be able to help Don My recovery is about as good as it's going to get. The recovery from a stroke is never a certainty, but rather a wild guess at best. The kidney cancer just complicated things more. Some days I feel fairly good, and other days are just...

Seems to work that way eh

Tranny had the pan down shortly before the engine went caput. System was flushed and new shift valves were installed then too. Fluid should be fine Yeah, the RNODD21 THING TO CLEAR THE AIR.