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What is the max out of roundness that you can safely re-ring a cylinder on the 6.5td? Certainly boring has historically been the best option. Just checking.

Few pics of the truck the day I bought the truck, sight unseen in Missouri!

My work transfers me to different locations and while I’ve had no problems really in pulling my fifth wheel other than to remember it’s an old school diesel and doesn’t have the yank the newer trucks have,I would like to have more power and torque than stock so I’m interested building a reliable...

As I mentioned earlier, I will be pulling the motor and rebuilding it. Does anyone have any experience with aftermarket cams, namely the cam from SSDiesel. Specs says it adds an additional 40 HP and 80 pounds of TQ. I've never used a cam or larger injectors in a diesel setting and am curious.

I have good brakes now! Thanks for all the great advise.

They will refund my money. Bought new ones from AC Delco. Shouldn’t have any more problems.

Yep, you’re right mic’d the drums and they are way out of round! Brand new from ….. China!

When I mash in the ebrake I get the same results. I don’t get the feel through the steering wheel suggesting a warped front rotor nor can I get a feel through the brake pedal do the the violative shake when I apply the brakes. Should’ve mentioned this at first. Sorry.

Brake question for you. Had a bad ABS unit, mushy pedal and the works. Replaced it with a salvage yard unit since GM is so high priced. Got back brakes now. Had to adjust them up only to get the feel of a warped rotor. These are drum and doing the same thing. The drum, shoes, wheel cylinder and...

Thanks for the quick responses! I still need to check the grounds but in south Louisiana, we're having a serious cold front, bout 39 LOL! so I'm staying warm. Truck has a new IP and relocated PMD. Haven't ran codes yet but am intrigued with being able to check codes on the iphone. Back Soon!

BTW, bought the truck sight unseen off the internet. First and last time I do that! The blow by was dumping quite a bit of oil through the turbo so I vented the CDR to atmosphere and by passed the turbo. Truck has a little more spunk than before (barely) but did notice an increase in fuel...

Bought a 1997 C3500 6.5TD just recently. Supposed to have had a good motor, lots of blow by with all the associated problems. I will be going through the motor soon but in the meantime I am fixing the small stuff. Accelerator is the next on the list. Mash the pedal and it idles up but returns to...