Dave12
New Member
After all the BS I've been through with my truck I had the heads replaced with new ones thinking this was the source of my coolant leak. Mechanic said the heads were badly cracked. I was told by several people to check the block too (pull the pan, check the webbing etc). I ignored the advise because of time and money but I was wrong in the end. $2600 later (parts, labour, tax, etc) I have brand new heads on my truck and it's leaking coolant worse than ever. It appears to be going right into the oil pan because the level is up and the oil is becoming the consistency of light grease. Too add to my pain I also had a brand new turbo put on to the tune of $1000 because it turns out my old one had excessive play in the shaft.
So I'm $3600 in the hole with a truck that isn't fixed. I don't want to sink anymore money into it. I've asked the mechanic if he is interested in taking the truck off my hands for my money back plus another $1000 or so. He's thinking about it. Next option is the pull the turbo and heads and see if he will refund my money for them and then I'll sell the truck in that condition or part it out to try and get as much money out of it as I can. I made some bad decisions and had some bad luck.
This will be the end of diesels for me. I can't find a decent mechanic anywhere in my area that works on them. I've already started looking at gas trucks.
So depending on what happens with the mechanic there might be a 6.5 parts bonanza in the near future.
Question....How difficult would it be to pull the heads without impact wrenches considering they were just off a week or so ago? Is everything torqued too tight to do by hand or is it just time consuming? I don't know if I'm going to end up having to pull it back apart myself.
Dave
So I'm $3600 in the hole with a truck that isn't fixed. I don't want to sink anymore money into it. I've asked the mechanic if he is interested in taking the truck off my hands for my money back plus another $1000 or so. He's thinking about it. Next option is the pull the turbo and heads and see if he will refund my money for them and then I'll sell the truck in that condition or part it out to try and get as much money out of it as I can. I made some bad decisions and had some bad luck.
This will be the end of diesels for me. I can't find a decent mechanic anywhere in my area that works on them. I've already started looking at gas trucks.
So depending on what happens with the mechanic there might be a 6.5 parts bonanza in the near future.
Question....How difficult would it be to pull the heads without impact wrenches considering they were just off a week or so ago? Is everything torqued too tight to do by hand or is it just time consuming? I don't know if I'm going to end up having to pull it back apart myself.
Dave