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    Turbo Options 6.2

    Coming from someone who has been fighting a turbo swap in a 1009 for the last month, it's not worth it. Especially if you don't care about the performance gains. The banks kits are too hard to find and the 6.5 swap is just not worth doing. I got all the 6.5 parts from Craigslist for $500, and...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    Do you by chance have any photos of how you have the CDR hose connected to the intake? I barely have any space between the front of the turbo and the batteries. I already bought new smaller batteries and have them less than half an inch from the inside of the front clip, but there still don't...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    Well, today I discovered the oil dipstick tube hits the 6.5 driver side manifold. I massaged it into a sort of S shape so it will fit between the manifold and frame, but now the dipstick wipes against the tube on both sides and makes it impossible to read the oil level... Anyone have...
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    Who makes the best aftermarket Air conditioner for M 1008?

    I have a vintage air kit in mine (1009, but the truck is the same where it matters from the firewall forward) The compressor mounting was extremely annoying with the 24v system and I still have belt wear issues now years later. Really the only good option is to go 12v and replace one of the...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    Thanks, that's very helpful. I see you have the 6.5 turbo CDR instead of the original CUCV one. Do you know if there is a performance difference, or was it just easier to fit the 6.5 version?
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    I was looking at the S&B intake. Not cheap, but very easy and I'm tired of working on this project... Any chance you could share a picture of how it fits? They don't publish dimensions for the air box, and I have a lot of AC hoses and wiring on that side of the motor
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    I got the engine started up tonight and it seems to run well with the minimal timing advance from my last photo. I ran it for a couple minutes with the intake off and did not notice any leaks, so I installed the intake and turbo plumbing. I have another mostly unrelated question, but it...
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    M1009 starter cable routing

    In case anyone has this question in the future, I ran the wire off the front of the starter up to the fuel pump area and up onto the inner fender with the slave port cables, and from there back to the 24V block on the firewall. It's a relatively long cable, but it's the cleanest way I could...
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    M1009 starter cable routing

    The starter cable on my 1009 was routed from the 24v bus bar under the frame and to the starter when I got it. This seems unusual and I'd like to return it to the factory routing, but haven't found a diagram in the TM showing what that would be. Can anyone share a description or photo of how...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    Yes. There is a $150 core charge which is not refunded if you do not send the old pump in, but if you pay it you do not need to send in the old one.
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    I bought it from Badger Diesel on the recommendation of a few members here. He was easy to deal with on the phone (a bit gruff, sort of reminded me of myself haha), and was up front about having a large backlog of parts ahead of me in his queue. I got the pump delivered about 3 weeks ago after...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    I installed the new pump advanced by the width of the reference line. It was significantly advanced before and ran well, so hopefully this is a good compromise with the new pump. I'm sure I'll have to adjust it, but I'm just looking for a good baseline to get up and running. Photos of the new...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    Sounds good, thanks. I was thinking a stretched chain would retard the cam and IP timing, so maybe someone was trying to bump the IP back to where it should be relative to the crank. Of course the valve timing would still be off in this scenario, but a timing set is more work than bumping the...
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    Why would you advance the IP?

    I'm replacing the injection pump on my m1009 and after cleaning off all the grease I noticed the timing mark was significantly advanced, about 0.100" Why would the previous owner have advanced the pump like this? To compensate for a worn timing chain? The truck ran fine but the IP was leaking...
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    6.2 Turbo with 6.5 Parts - Build and Questions Thread

    I got the 6.5 heat shield, will try to fit that up this weekend. I think that will help a lot. The latest issue is apparently the SM465 slave cylinder interferes with the driver side exhaust manifold. Has anyone ever had a manual in one of these trucks with a 6.5 turbo? If so what did you do...
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    6.2 Turbo with 6.5 Parts - Build and Questions Thread

    Ok, a short update with a couple more questions and photos With the short injectors installed and a tiny bit of bending on the starter heatshield, the turbo manifold seems to install without any interference. I don't have the injector hard lines on yet but I think they will clear no problem...
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    6.2 Turbo with 6.5 Parts - Build and Questions Thread

    Plus the M1009 already has huge 24v cables going to the distribution panel by the bench seat, so it would only require adding a single 12v wire. This is what I'm planning if I can't fit them under the hood, but was just wondering if anyone has done it already
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    6.2 Turbo with 6.5 Parts - Build and Questions Thread

    The driver side is kind of a disaster, with an ac compressor and 2 air compressors. Not much space over there. The batteries need to be on the passenger side, or back under the bed floor/in the cab probably
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    6.2 Turbo with 6.5 Parts - Build and Questions Thread

    Thanks. I'll take a look at group 65 batteries if I can't get my 31s to fit. They're less than 60% of the weight which should definitely help with the fender breaking. They have about half the capacity of the group 31 though, so I'll probably need to add another battery for my refrigerator...
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    6.2 Turbo with 6.5 Parts - Build and Questions Thread

    So, I got the 6.2 manifolds off over the weekend. It took an average of 30 min per manifold bolt, but I didn't break any of them in the block. So that was nice. I ended up pulling glow plugs, injectors, and moving all the engine wiring out of the way and made space to use the acetylene torch. It...
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