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The first thing I did was stuff the pump with paper towels and bolted the pump plate on without gasket or rtv. This prevents shavings going into the pumps seals. With the pump plate on, I used a black sharpie and marked the areas that needed to be ported. Heres pictures with the plate off...

For this experimental water pump upgrade, I would first like to talk about the PPE! Must haves! Leather Gloves (Prevents metal slivers in hands) Air tight goggles (Prevents slivers going in eyes) Respirator (Prevents breathing in metal particles and toxic gas from Carbide) Cheap painters suit...

Hmm. Thanks for sharing!

Nice! Can we all get an E for effort? Lol! Alternator wire... Was not expecting that one!

Wow! Sounds like an exact problem I had 2 years ago! It ended up being the fuel filter and small air leak that was sucking in not out. Damn near impossible to find it until I blew compressed air into the tank:) 14k on the IP... hmm. Try fixing the obvious first before dropping loads of cash...

Sure! It is nice to see others ideas.

Waiting on parts... I have the water pump, aluminum crank pulley and now the timing plate crank seal on its way. It is getting very cold up here in Montana. Over the next couple of days it will be dropping down to -11 degrees at least. Not really excited about that! The rest of the day I am...

Looking at the instructions, I then cleaned the old flanges up with the wire wheel and brake cleaner. Then added some Optimum Black on the threads. I installed the flanges and the steel braided oil line. Going back to the timing cover, I removed the timing cover crank seal. There was a small...

Next I wanted to tackle that dreadful oil plug above where the oil cooler lines go. I tried everything! I torched it, PB blasted it, WD-40ed it, tapped it with the hammer, broke a few 1/4 adapters, let it soak with Wd and pb over a week... Still could not get it off... So I said screw it! I...

Today being my Sunday, I went to work. Lol! But for good reason! The timing plate cover needed to be cleaned and the timing plate bolts needed refurbished! They were bad! So for the timing plate, I did the usual clean. Scraped the gasket off with the razor blade, used the roloc disk and then...

Taking note of the bent oil pan so I will use extra rtv in that area. I could bend it back but the vibrations might unseat some areas of oil pan and cause more leaks. Making sure the crank key is not damaged. Checking the fluidamper adapter. Checking the gear drive to make sure the gears are...

It’s getting cold out and I am too lazy to clean the wood stove chimney in the shop so I fired up the old kerosine heater. To clean up the old gasket material from the timing plate block side, I used my razor blade and scraped all big pieces of the old gasket off without scratching the...

Thank you for chiming in! Interesting read! Personally I have never seen overheating in #7 and #8 cylinders on a properly working 6.2 early model after opening them up. The only time I see overheating on a 6.2 early model is from failed components, such as injectors, lifters, too much timing...

Now I would like to talk about Beer! My personal preference is a nicely fresh brewed Scottish Ale from the Bar 3 Brewery here in good old Belgrade Montana! What do you like to drink? But since I bought this cheap stuff for a family bbq months ago, I guess I better drink it! LOL! It will save...

I love it when I call up all these different venders and they all talk crap about each other and their products. I personally have no preference whom I deal with. I only care about cost and performance and if the product will suit my needs. I am just sayin... I don’t mind blowing a little...

Omg! When I read back to myself what I wrote, it sounds like I’m doing a commercial! Lol!

In an earlier post I had mentioned that I would show you all the gaskets that had the Permatex Copper Spray-A-Gasket on them. I had also mentioned that I assumed it would clog all the holes on the gaskets before I inspected them. I was wrong! The copper spray worked like a charm! No holes on...

According to the diesel page books, it is a myth. However in the book it is talking about a 6.5L. We are talking about an early 6.2L diesel that was not designed for a turbo. I have considered all options in upgrades with no concern of expense. Granted it’s taken many years to be able to...

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So, today I am taking a few steps back. I decided to remove the injection pump and timing plate because when I removed the water pump plate, there is a chance that I disturbed the timing plate gasket which would cause a coolant leak. I am glad I removed the timing plate because I can see that...