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  1. Barrman

    Timing Gauge DRF 35169 for 6.2 Diesel

    Just to re state that every engine is different. I have 4 6.2 or 6.5 engines that get driven just about daily. Each one starts different, sounds different and for sure runs down the road different. German and agriculture diesels have a precise tooth to tooth alignment for the camshaft to...
  2. Barrman

    Timing Gauge DRF 35169 for 6.2 Diesel

    You have found the black hole of 6.2/6.5 Diesel engine tuning. There are no published numbers from the manufacturer to do a static timing set up, GM never put out timing specs or timing methods. Snap-On, Kent-Moore and Ford all made a timing/rpm reading machine that works on the engine. Yet...
  3. Barrman

    Timing Gauge DRF 35169 for 6.2 Diesel

    Are you stock or with a turbo? Stock you could probably step it up to 5° or even 6° advanced. I haven't pushed my turbo motor more advanced that 3° yet. Notice that your chart is for clamp on sensor timing. Not lumy probe. Put the probe as close to the injector as you can get it. The DB2...
  4. Barrman

    Timing Gauge DRF 35169 for 6.2 Diesel

    You don't really need that part. The probe holder is supposed to be 9.5° offset from the 0° or TDC notch on the timing tab. I just held a tape measure up to one and it is about 1/2 inch from the 0° notch to the middle of the timing probe holder. How are you going to get a timing signal? I...
  5. Barrman

    Hydro boost issue

    Something is routed wrong then. Air from the compressor goes to the tanks under the bed. Then air is let into the airpack when you develop enough brake hydraulic pressure to cause a valve to open. That pressurized air pushes on a piston which adds to the hydraulic pressure of the brakes...
  6. Barrman

    Nostalgic Air Brackets and Turbo

    Factory is more in the middle and up high. Attached is a picture of my serpentine belt Sanden compressor mounted where the CUCV alternator would be with the Banks turbo visible below it and away from the engine some. I had a belt driven vacuum pump there for a while with no clearance issues...
  7. Barrman

    Nostalgic Air Brackets and Turbo

    I have the Nostalgia Air compressor mount on one of my trucks. I have a few GM turbo set ups to look at as well. I don’t see the trouble with putting the Nostalgia air compressor on a truck with a GM turbo. After all, GM put a Sanden type compressor on the turbo side of the engine after 1998 or...
  8. Barrman

    CUCVii Suburban Clone Build

    That looks like a fun project. Enjoy.
  9. Barrman

    6.2 and 6.5 engine questions

    Do a deep dive into the relationship between the compression ratio and boost for the 6.5. Lowering compression makes the engine live on constant boost compared to a stock engine that lives on 0 boost except when needed. Huge difference.
  10. Barrman

    Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

    Here is the video of it taking off over my head:
  11. Barrman

    Converting From Generator to Alternator

    I converted my Gasser M35 from a 25 amp generator to a 60 amp alternator. I had to change the pulley. Everything else mounting wise was a direct bolt on. Wiring of course was different.
  12. Barrman

    Hmmm..do you like low flying aircraft?....then here ya go!

    FiFi was in College Station a year ago tomorrow. I went to see and hear it. South wind that day thankfully so I was able to drive around to the departure end of the runway and get a video of it taking off over me. The swapped to 2800 engines years ago to make maintenance cheaper and easier...
  13. Barrman

    Can’t get a new radiator replacement M1008

    I went with the biggest aluminum replacement radiator I could a few years ago on my Cowdog truck. I got it from Radiator Express. They seem to be out: https://www.radiatorexpress.com/part-lookup/radiator/chevrolet/1985/k30/base/62l-v8 This place seems to have them in stock though...
  14. Barrman

    New to the CUCV world.

    I think it is fitting that picture shows a broken rear window handle. They all break!
  15. Barrman

    WAIT light question

    One of mine did that when I first got it. I could leave the key on with no wait light, open the hood and jiggle the wires at the connector for the glow plug temp sender on the drivers side head rear inside the valley. I would jiggle until I heard the relay click and then get back in to start...
  16. Barrman

    Last (and only) cold start advance/high idle post/question

    That is about what I paid on Amazon the last time I replaced one a few years ago.
  17. Barrman

    Towing a M35?

    I agree it is not a fun experience. But, if he was wanting to do it once, at a low speed and with safe thoughts in his head. Then it might be cheaper than buying a trailer.
  18. Barrman

    Anyone titled/registered a truck through the mail, in TX?

    Tax, title and license. 6.25% of what they think it is worth as sales tax then a few more things. You should be done for an amount in the low hundreds.
  19. Barrman

    Towing a M35?

    You want to trailer it to the trail head or just to get it initially? You could always flat tow it at a slower speed. I brought one of mine home with my M715. I had a pair of M715 engines in the back of the M715 for ballast and 26 mph was as fast as I could go and still have control. But, a...
  20. Barrman

    Last (and only) cold start advance/high idle post/question

    Yes, very pricey: https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/acdelco/lighting---electrical/connectors-sockets/cold-advance-solenoid-connector/d905667a342b/acdelco-switch-assembly/acd0/10154649
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