Going to have to pull the engine

swamp_ratt · May 22, 2011

Keep us posted steve

genuineford · May 22, 2011

Will do. I am working on coming up with the money do do this job. We just purchased a camper so all our play money went to that.

rudaluda · May 31, 2011

Congrats for being the owner of a new camper, hope the interiors are great too.

genuineford · Sep 21, 2011

Well not to drag up a new thread but I am getting things together to do this finally. I plan on buying the parts in a couple weeks and tearing into it about the same time.

JoeDaddy · Sep 21, 2011

Get busy!

chappy · Sep 21, 2011

Have you been driving it all this time? As said before a plugged oil cooler will cause t to puke. Mine did. Don't blame you though for wanting to get every thing done and over with.

genuineford · Sep 21, 2011

I have been driving it and no signs of puking but there are other things that need to be taken care of so I am going to get it done.

Extended Power · Sep 21, 2011

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I also have a set of Elite H-11 head studs for sale...and a bunch of other stuff I can't even remember...just ask.
I am offering guys an easy payment plan for all of this stuff...if you want an item, or items, put some money down, and make payments on it...take a month or two...
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I'm just throwing this out there for you.
PM me if you are interested in anything.

genuineford · Nov 29, 2011

I know it has been a long time since I posted in this thread but I finally got all the parts and time to work on it. I have to thank Garrett at Pure Diesel Power for letting me use his shop to pull the engine out. I would not be doing this job if not for him letting me use his shop to get the engine out. It took me about 6 hours from pulling it in the shop to having the engine hanging from the hoist outside of the truck. Everything went as well as it could have given the condition of it. This is one of the rustiest engines I have ever seen. The oil pan was so thin that we were able to stick a screw driver through once it was on the stand. I also found one of the exhaust manifold bolts were broken. When I got it back to my place I cleaned as much of the crap off it that I could. I am going to be building a regulated return for it out of the stuff that I have left from my 7.3 so I will get started on that right away. I will probably have some other goodies that we are going to do to it but I will tell you more about that when it happens for sure. Well it is time for pictures I guess.

I stared working on it at 9:30 and I took this picture at 11:30.

I took this picture at 3:30 as soon as the engine was out.

Some pictures of the crappy oil pan.

The ride home.

The broken exhaust manifold bolt.

After the degreasing.

The glow plug wire rails that are rotted away.

How crappy the up pipe bolts are.

Just a pic of the engine.

The paint for it when it gets reassembled.

Mike's Diesel Performance · Nov 29, 2011

That is the second 6.0L I have seen to look that rusty. Glad to see you finally getting it taken care of Steve. Tell Garrett I said hi if ya would.

genuineford · Nov 29, 2011

Yeah it is nasty. I will get it all taken care of though. I will tell Garrett hi the next time I see him.

Dave · Nov 29, 2011

Damn that oil pan looks rough.

Im gonna crawl under the truck and check mine in the AM. Damn WI winters

genuineford · Nov 29, 2011

Yeah we stuck a screwdriver through it with no problem. I also put a small hole in it pulling it out. It would leave a puddle under the truck pretty good overnight.

he_likes_truck_more · Nov 29, 2011

It's not leaking... it's just making it's territory!

My poor baby!

genuineford · Nov 29, 2011

It marked a lot of territory!!!!

Dave · Nov 29, 2011

he_likes_truck_more said:
It's not leaking... it's just making it's territory!

My poor baby!

It will be back together in great shape in no time:thumbsup:

JoeDaddy · Nov 30, 2011

he_likes_truc[RIGHT said:
[/RIGHT]k_more;170098]It's not leaking... it's just making it's territory!

My poor baby!

genuineford said:
It marked a lot of territory!!!!

LOL

Mdub707 · Nov 30, 2011

I just pulled heads off of a 430k mile 6.0 that had been in a flood, and the engine didn't look as rusty as yours! Stupid winters. I feel your pain man, up here in NY.

Ad8 PRODIGY · Nov 30, 2011

Good luck with the motor man, thats some real rust too. How big was the trailer?

MDub707 where in NY are you? One of my schools nicknames is M Dub..... just wondering if theres any chance. Sorry for that off topic but im curious.

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