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OK so the engine I had rebuilt for my truck had suffered a gasket/sealant failure and flooded the oil pan with coolant. Engine had at most 50 minutes of run time. So when I pulled it apart I was hoping to be able to just change all bearings and of course gaskets and be on my merry way. Now...

So after the runaway issue and not really trusting the 6.5 block in my truck to another rebuild, would be #4 for it. I've started looking for parts to build the 6.2 block that I have. Block has already been machined .020 over and bearing a few years back. A quick cleaning and it'll be usable. In...

So an I posted in the carnage thread I had a slight issue with my 6.5 over the weekend. Little back story first. The truck had been having transmission issues for a while and between lack of either money or time it took me about a year and half to finally fix it. So I finally get the trans fix...

So little back story, the truck is a 1982 chevy K-10 originally 6.2 powered but repowered with a modded 6.5 from the Diesel Depot back in 2003. The truck has been used on/off for the last tens years. Just recently I had to rebuild the engine twice (yes twice :mad2:). First time due to the...

Ok so I'm slowly rebuilding the 6.5 that died in my stepside plus I'm doing a whole bunch of other work while the engine is out and money allows me too. I have the engine built to a complete short block with the injection pump installed. It's a DB2 pump with only 4000 miles on it. The engine has...

The engine in my truck needs a complete rebuild (again :mad2: first time was a broken crank) after suffering from a massive oil pressure loss after only 700 miles. So I just don't trust the block to be rebuilt for a 3rd time that I know of. Was originally bought from the Diesel Depot back in...