Picked up a 1995 Chevy Silverado K2500 with 6.5 L Turbo couple months back, knew it needed some TLC but it cranked and drove decently enough.
Well first trouble was the manual transmission was not going into gear with clutch in at idle, in gear and start able to drive but shifting was not smooth, had to tap the throttle to get non grinding shifts, without the tools decided a local transmission shop should swap clutch. Dual Mass flywheel had already been replaced, the clutch disk was at the end of its service, XFER case seals were leaking, tranny mount and shaft hanger required replacement. No surprises thus far.
De-greasing the bell housing, found cracks near the starter mount, welder coming to look it over. Hoping it ain't too bad, more to follow when I find out.
Bell Housing was the first issue that bothered me, all other parts were worn but seals and gaskets cured that.
Several other interior repairs, passenger door handle was broken, replaced it with aftermarket, works fine now.
A/C I repaired and blows nice and cool, grill and lights all replaced. Learning yet again that you can never trust what modifications are done to "GET IT FIXED" versus repairing it correctly. I realize that the 6.5 is not a Duramax or a Cummins, don't need to light tires and fly down the road at over 80MPH towing 6000 pounds. Just wanted a diesel 4x4 for hauling back and forth to the hunting camp.
Read a lot of the posts and watch too many videos by people who should not own a camera, much less post to the internet.
So don't mind doing work myself, but don't yet have good sources for Diesel used/spare parts on the Gulf Coast.
Well first trouble was the manual transmission was not going into gear with clutch in at idle, in gear and start able to drive but shifting was not smooth, had to tap the throttle to get non grinding shifts, without the tools decided a local transmission shop should swap clutch. Dual Mass flywheel had already been replaced, the clutch disk was at the end of its service, XFER case seals were leaking, tranny mount and shaft hanger required replacement. No surprises thus far.
De-greasing the bell housing, found cracks near the starter mount, welder coming to look it over. Hoping it ain't too bad, more to follow when I find out.
Bell Housing was the first issue that bothered me, all other parts were worn but seals and gaskets cured that.
Several other interior repairs, passenger door handle was broken, replaced it with aftermarket, works fine now.
A/C I repaired and blows nice and cool, grill and lights all replaced. Learning yet again that you can never trust what modifications are done to "GET IT FIXED" versus repairing it correctly. I realize that the 6.5 is not a Duramax or a Cummins, don't need to light tires and fly down the road at over 80MPH towing 6000 pounds. Just wanted a diesel 4x4 for hauling back and forth to the hunting camp.
Read a lot of the posts and watch too many videos by people who should not own a camera, much less post to the internet.
So don't mind doing work myself, but don't yet have good sources for Diesel used/spare parts on the Gulf Coast.
