Well we have returned from picking up the engine and trans. when I arrived they were already working on pulling it out. all I helped with was lifting and pulling! got it loaded into my truck, tied down and headed back home.
My son and I set things up to get it down, I had to split the trans from the engine in the back of my truck simply because I was afraid that my homemade A frame built out of an old swing set and some land-scape timbers wouldn't hold up to the weight of both.
Left the trans in the back of my truck because I didn't feel like lifting it out.
I started looking over the engine real good and was honestly kinda surprised that there wasn't any oil, grease, or really anything caked on the engine anywhere. No evidence of anything leaking, only the valley was packed full of old leaves and acorn nuts as if a pack rat was there. I cleaned off all the wires and harness, removed the AC compressor and top rad hose so I could fit it through the door of my garage. pulled out the power washer and sprayed off the engine. It washed off clean mainly because it was just mouse house that was on the top, everything else was clean. we sat it down on a furniture dolly and wheeled it into the garage floor.
Once I got it in there I pulled all the glow plugs out, only two had some bulging and carbon build up, the rest came right out easily. I very carefully worked the two that were kinda stuck and got them out as well. all 8 were AC Delco branded but I couldn't read the part numbers on them. looking at the two I don't think they were bulged but had a lot of carbon build up.
Looking at the engine, I found the casting numbers and a date code right below the casting number, also where it's stamped "GM 6.2l D" on the front side of the passenger side.
This engine looks like it hasn't been in that old burb long. I also noticed that there is markings on the top side of the trans case that look like dates written in marker. one date reads 2-12-97 the other reads 2-17-97 so the trans at least has been rebuilt not too long ago. I got a little back story on the burb, it was owned by another fella the guy knows which he smoked. He was driving and flicked a cigarette which apparently landed in the back somewhere. he parked the burb inside his garage but later noticed smoke coming from within the garage. he flung open his garage door which ignited it all to a blaze. the fella actually went in there and drove the burb out while it was on fire to save his house. the fire department came and put the burb out. it's sat ever since (about 10 years) until recently his friend bought it for the frame and started parting it out.
He said his friend only used the burb at the time for family trips and vacations and to his knowledge it only had about 147k miles on it, though you could see it had been up north seeing all the lower quarters rusted out.
I didn't get to do any inspecting on it there, and he seemed honest plus the area he was in was a really nice neighborhood. I took his word and off we went.
The block is completely painted GM blue from when it was installed, not sure if the engine was rebuilt or maybe an actual GM crate reman of the time. It doesn't look like it was what I call a "craigslist rebuild" with a rattle can, but you never know.
Anyway after I got all the GP's out, I went to spin the crank with my ratchet and quickly discovered a hard spot. sprayed some lube in each of the GP holes and started working it. It would rotate almost 360 degrees in both directions until you felt that hard stop. it took a couple times rotating it back n fourth stop to stop then it suddenly broke free and then rotated perfectly fine. I think all that was stuck was a piece of carbon. there is no hard spot at all now, doesn't even feel stiff in that area. I also noticed that with a slight movement of the crank you can really hear air moving in and out of the GP holes. I'm being a little optimistic!
I need to get the other 6.2 that's cracked off my engine stand and this one mounted on it for a full inspection, but here are some photos.
I also took photos of the thermostat crossover, it's way different that what I have seen before. also there is a sensor that is threaded into the rear coolant block off plate I have no idea what it is. I have the connector for it on the harness I pulled off along with the fuel filter that was mounted on the firewall, it's a square box, something else I have not seen before, looks to be factory though with all the connectors going into the harness.
