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2000 New Beetle TDI. ALH Diesel engine with 5 speed. This is a great running car. Has Rocketchip stage 3 ECU and Dieselgeek Race Pipe. 16” alloy wheels & Bridgestone Ecopia tires with good tread. Lots of upgrades and new parts in the last year, they include: Rebuilt suspension with new Bilstein...

We are the original owners of this Suburban. The engine has been replaced with a 6500 Optimizer AMG engine with a DB2 injection pump. Details here It developed a problem, details here The body is in great shape, no rust or crash damage ever. Rare teal blue, rear tailgate, factory towing...

It's been a while since I posted. Lots of other projects going on, but now having problems with the Suburban. Some may remember the rebuild a while back, here is the link: http://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/threads/my-suburban-renewal-project.14685/ It's been running fine, but a while back it...

I have a 1995 Suburban with front & rear air. A while back, I changed the compressor, Front evaporator, condenser, orifice tube. Also had to replace the rubber hoses on the compressor (used genuine GM parts). I used the best parts I could find, the cond & compressor were ACDelco. Also...

Well, a little update on the AMG engine in the Suburban. If you don't remember, you can read all about the engine install HERE. First, its still running well, maybe better than ever. My wife drives it most days, cant really blame her. :) There have been a few problems, but fortunately...

I still get lots of inquiries on how to convert the electronic DS4 pump to a mechanical DB2 pump. As some of you know, I wrote a manual some years back detailing the conversion. Initially, this was sold as a printed booklet, but lately I have been sending it out as a pdf file. I have been...

The hydraulic brake booster on the Suburban is leaking, so I guess its time to replace it. I have been told to stay away from the rebuilds as they tend to leak soon after installing. Anyone have any experience with these or any tips on replacement? Thanks!

I've got the air conditioning charged up on the Suburban (1995), but its not as cold as it should be. After doing some checking, the recirculate door is stuck on outside air. And it has been 90 degrees here, so you really need recirc to get the air cool. There are three wires going to the...

Can someone with a truck that came with a K47 airbox snap a picture of the radiator overflow bottle? I'm interested on how the small hose from the top of the radiator connects to the water bottle. On my truck with a retrofitted K47, the hood hinge gets very close or maybe hits this hose. I...

I happened to see this long block on eBay. Its pickup only in Ohio.

There has been some talk of Clearwater blocks on another post. Can anyone post pictures of aftermarket heads & blocks? I would like to see the differences and any casting logos, etc that they may have. This may also help others determine what they have. Thanks!

This article is not exactly written for Diesels, but you may find it interesting. It gives a lot of info on superchargers & turbos and how they work. Click here

I have been corresponding with several 6.5 gurus and I'm still not 100% sure on the cam bearing oil hole orientation. On the front bearing, the factory manual says the oil holes need to be at 1:00 and 4:30, although the Military manual says 12 and 4 - so I would say they are reasonably close...

I may have an opportunity to get 4 or 5 used GEP long blocks. I have to do a little more checking into this, but what I was told is these are used GEP engines made around 2002-2004. They are NA engines and would include the block, crank, rods, heads, etc. As they are NA engines, they have the...

From what I have read, the latest GEP HMMWV turbo engines have a different CDR setup that draws from a small tube connected to the oil fill tube instead of the valve cover. Anyone have a picture or manual showing this setup? I would like to see how it works and if I could adapt it to my...

OK, I have the ARP head studs and have read some leak and some do not. I'm looking for real world experience with these. If yours don't leak, what did you do? If they did, what did you do to seal them? Anyone gone back to bolts due to leakage? It would seem that the studs would seal in the...

Looking around eBay I found this engine. Its auction number 170439421248 The guy says its a 93, but you can clearly see "506" cast in above the valley. Its pretty nasty so you can't see the valley. I know my old 506 block did not have the 506 on the valley sides, but my Optimizer does. I...

I'm rebuilding a GEP engine and have been reading about block fillers. I have read Bill Heath's post and some general info on the web. Has anyone done this to their engine or anyone running a filled block form Bill? I admit its intriguing, but not sure I really want to experiment with this...

If you have been following my thread on installing an engine in our Suburban then you know how I got to this point. I'm going to use this thread to show the buildup of the GEP engine. Once its back in the Sub, I'll finish up that thread. I bought this engine form a fellow Truck Stop...

I'm swapping a 97 506 block into a 1995 Suburban. The old engine had ½" oil cooler hoses that use 3/8" pipe fitting snap in adapters in the block. The new engine has oil squirters and 1/2" pipe fitting adapters but the actual hole for the oil cooler lines are the same as the 3/8 pipe...