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Posted pictures now. The one with the front of engine was before I went to replace the heads. You can see Posting photo of P/S alt. Haven't hooked the battery up yet. Bottom left post (which I'm assuming is supposed to be grounded to engine) has that black wire that was initially hooked up with...

appreciate the response. I slapped in a bulldozer battery with 1450 CCAs so the amperage shouldb’t be an issue. It’s the stock CUCV alternator. I’ll ground it out to engine & let you know what happens. I agreewith the hack job😬hate going in after someone already messed up a beautiful thing

Does the P/S alternator need to be grounded to the engine? D/S alternator has been removed after conversion. Everything worked as it should electrically. I had to replace cracked heads (bought it like this, unbeknownst to me). Neighbour & I did it. Afterwards, started & drove. Noticed battery...

Do you know anything about these improved casting heads? I’ll post the link. (eBay link removed) This is what they claim in their ad: Is this a bunch of bolgna or a route I could take?

Update: cracked head. Back to the drawing board

Sup fellas, I bought a 1984 Chevy M1009 that has the 6.2 diesel. The "War Wagon" had 48k miles on it & drove perfectly. I put about 5-6K miles on it for work in a couple of months, no problems whatsoever. Everything mechanically sound. Until one day, the bottom radiator hose blew off and the...

Hate to ask, but was this the problem? My IP leaks at the throttle shaft as well, looking to fix her for cheap (Broke college graduate 2cents)