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Driver side all buttoned up!

Today I decided to spend 1/2 the day being lazy and went to the hot springs with the family to relax. The other 1/2 of the day was spent taking off the driver side head and cleaning it up along with the deck. I got the new lifters in and chased all the head bolt holes with the tap. Did at...

Great question! The early 6.2 was never built from GM to have a turbo. Because of the lack of power and torque it produced, people complained. Because of the many early 6.2 diesels in production and complaints, there became a demand for a turbo. That’s when Banks introduced their turbo kit and...

I refurbished the Arp studs at the big shop. I’m there a lot... It’s my other home... Using the wire wheel, paint thinner tank with brushing action and soaking them in the kitchen sink with soap. This house is clean!

After work today I opened up the Driver side of the motor. I got the valve covers off, rockers, push rods, Arp nuts and bolts and the head. I identified 2 Arp studs that where leaking from the threads. Also one of the freeze plugs has a small leak. The head gasket looks great! It was a pita...

Back at the farm... I got the push rods in. Checked to make sure they were straight and on the lifters. Then I did a little shake and bake with the rocker arms in a 1 gallon baggie and 15w-40 oil to lube them up. Installed... Torqued them to 40 foot pounds with blue thread lock on the ends of...

Thanks to Steelsoldiers.com member Hawkman for selling me these beautiful cast iron rockers!! Got off work and cleaned up the rockers with paint thinner and brake cleaner. (Picture 4) A Failure point on the cast iron rockers are the sharp edges around the arm. They have been known to crack...

Now I would like to talk A LOT about Cast Iron Rockers for the 6.2., failure points, how to correct failure points and my experience with them over the many years of running them on every 6.2 I had opened up. Here is some info I had stored away that is useful. “With the high compression ratio...

I am so glad I checked the torque on the Arp studs this morning. It seems the gasket settled within just 8-10 hours that I was able to feel about 5 pounds of torque lost from the settlement of the gasket. Note: All final torquing needs to be done before the Optimum Black cure time expires.

On with the head gasket. And head. I put the Arp nuts and washers in a bag with 10w-40, mixed them up and put them on the studs. Using just the socket, I got the nuts hand tight and started my torque at 25, then 35,45,55,65,75,85,95,105 and the final 115. In sequence according to Arp. Yes I...

Today I refurbished the Arp studs. I Cleaned the rust out of the cylinders and got all the Wd-40 off the deck. Using optimum black I coated the end of the studs and put them in hand tight. Then I took them back out, added more optimum black and put them back in hand tight. Cleaned up the...

What year is your 6.2 with the 6.5 turbo parts?

Today is my Sons birthday! 13 years old! I will not do much today to the motor so I can spend some time with him. What I did do is put the lifters in. I used blue thread lock and tightened the bolts hand tight. Turning the crank in front of the motor to make sure they go up and down without...

Other things I did to this motor last summer: Got the radiator refurbished with a new 4 core Installed the ORD motor mounts New G60s glow plugs Refurbished oil pan Refurbished Timing plate cover with crank seal All new gaskets New Lift Pump New Valve Covers Rear Main Seal Added the Arp...

Something worth mentioning. Last summer 2019 this motor was purchased from Boyce Equipmemt with said 23,000 k miles. When I got the motor last summer I added a gear drive to keep the timing true. A girdle to prevent cracks. A fluidamper which I believe is a absolute must have to prevent...

The lifters finally arrived! I put all 16 lifters in a plastic container and poured 15w-40 oil into the container. I will let them sit for 24 hours to totally soak in the oil. 24 hours might be too excessive but it’s almost bed time and I have to work tomorrow. 😂

I took off the ORD motor mounts from both sides of the block to give me access to the motors drain plugs on the block. After I am done doing both heads, I plan on draining the remaining nasty coolant from those plugs and flushing out the system.

Oh yea that looks very nice! What method did you use with the ARPs? Was it successful? Bored and twitching from all the coffee, while waiting for the darn lifters to show up (Late shipping) I decided to pull out the ORD motor crossover brace that has been sitting in my upgrade pile for 7 years...

Going above and beyond most, I probed the inside of the block with a magnet and picked up quite a bit of metal material. Mostly rust chunks.

Cool! Got any pictures?