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Right now, I am waiting for the experimental water pump to show up. While I am waiting, I decided today to go back to the Fuel Injection Pump woes... First off, after more research I come to find the badger diesel injection pump I bought was actually for a 92 6.2 diesel. It was tuned and...

Glad you guys like it! It seems 6.2’s are becoming a thing of the past and right now more people with a budget are more interested in the 6.5’s Back 10 years ago there were 6.2 threads all over the place and everyone was trying to figure out how to squeeze as much power out of them. It’s crazy...

Comparing the 6.2 water pump plate to the 6.5 water pump plate. The bolt hole pattern is exactly the same just in reverse. I feel kinda bad for the 6.2 water pump because it’s less then 1 year old. Maybe I can sell it or use it for the spare 6.2 motor I have. Hmm.. 🤔 Also the reason why I wear...

Off with the water pump and plate! Wire wheeled the block where the water pump plate went. Don’t forget the holes! Using the angle grinder, I refurbished the 6.5 water pump plate. It was bad and a lot of work!

Then I wire wheeled the oil drain tube and cleaned it with brake cleaner. To try an experiment I added 3 coats of copper spray on the end of the oil drain and then connected it to the turbo. Next I put copper spray on the exhaust flanges. Then I took a step to the auto parts store and picked...

Today after work I went to a friends house and made a deal. In return, he gave me most of his serpentine pulleys, the tensioner, dual thermostat water cross over, 6.5 timing plate and 6.5 alternator. Got home and started cleaning up the Banks turbo. First I wire wheeled all the rust from the...

For shits and giggles I mocked up the HX35W on the Banks Manifold. Woah, this sucker is freaking huge compared to the 6.2! I wish I could have this baby on her but I don’t feel comfortable putting it on a 36 year old motor with such high compression. I guess I could turn the waste gate down...

Then I wire wheeled the exhaust ports and bolt holes, cleaned them with brake clean and added 1 coat of the copper spray. Using my same method to install the manifold on the driver side, I got the banks manifold on. Mind the gap:-) More Power on the diesel page forums mentioned how close the...

Before installing the passenger side Banks Manifold, I cleaned the pyro probe hole threads with a wire brush and then sprayed it out with brake clean. After cleaning you can see a lot of the threading is deteriorated from corrosion, excessive overheating and over boosting from the previous...

To install the driver manifold, I put the correct bolts in just the very ends of the manifold and carefully tightened the bolts by hand without letting the manifold touch the block. Then I installed the rest of the bolts by hand leaving the gap between the head and block. Starting with the two...

Next I wire wheeled the driver side exhaust ports on the motor and cleaned it with brake cleaner. Using the copper spray a gasket, I sprayed the motors exhaust ports 1 coat. To save time and money, I refurbished each exhaust manifold bolt with the wire wheel. Then I added anti seize on each...

Next I flushed out the other side of the motor with the hose and letting it drain out of the water pump. After the whole motor was flushed and drained of all that nastiness, I cleaned the freeze plug hole first with a wire wheel, then Scott’s pad and with brake cleaner. Then I cleaned the...

Addressing the leaking freeze plug, I drilled a hole into the freeze plug, let it drain and then flushed out the coolant with my hose until there was no more green coolant coming out. After the coolant was drained, I used a flathead and hammer on one side of the plug and pounded the side of the...

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...