If your turbo blew up what would you replace it with?

[treysoucie]

Well im going to pick up my deuce on saturday and the guy who pulled it off of base for me has been running some preliminary tests for me. Batteries/temp/breaks yada yada. The truck got a good bill of health minus one (possible) thing.. he says that when he gives it gas he gets a whining noise out of it, nothing crazy but a noticeable whine. He thinks its the turbo (hope hes right im driving it 6 hours home) so its got me thinking about what i would do if the turbo was bad, rebuilding is always an option but turbos are cheap now a days and the technology has come a long way.

 

[gungearz]

Is it a whistler turbo...? Maybe he's not familiar with it and assumes something is wrong... And if there is something wrong, replace it with the same one you take out or if you have basic mechanical skills, you can rebuild it...

 

[treysoucie]

Not sure what the '87 models have but this guy doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who is unfamiliar with turbos.. Although he is not famiar with the m35a2. Appearently the other one he recovered does not make this sound but I don't know what year model it is.

 

[gungearz]

Year doesn't matter... What matters is it a A2 or A3...? C turbo is the whistler.... And a D turbo is not. What motor is in it...? Multifuel...? If so, its a A2 and you might have the notorious screaming, whistling C turbo....

 

[wsucougarx]

The M35A2's were made up until 1989 (new production, not rebuilds). Chances are it's an M35A2C. Most of the later deuces were USAF contract trucks with the dropside bed. All of my late modeled deuces have had a non-whistler turbo. One can quickly identify which turbo by the appearance of the exhaust side of the housing on the turbo unit itself. If it's a clam shell looking housing then it's a whistler.

 

[porkysplace]

A 87 is a A2 , the A3's were rebuilt in the mid 90's . Have him shoot a video and post it here if you can . It may be a better idea to have it shipped . If the turbo is questionable, have a list of heavy tow companies along the way and a high limit credit card if you drive it.

 

[treysoucie]

It's an A2 just like my last one, I had the C turbo on it (VERY loud and only saw about 9psi under full load with the fuel turned up a bit) Here is the only picture of the turbo I have.

 

[Flyingvan911]

It's probably a C turbo but I agree with having a plan B just in case. You'll love the C turbo.

 

[treysoucie]

Yeah the "C" turbo on my last truck was awesome. I'm having the guy cross reference my turbo to the truck next to it and see if in fact there are differences. Hopefully he is just hearing two different turbos. Against my better judgement I'm just going to hope for the best and make the drive. If she does give me trouble on the way home I will have a friend with a 32ft drag her the rest of the way.

 

[treysoucie]

The guy says the turbos look different. He says the trucks sound identical untill you give it some throttle and mine is noticeably louder (whining) noise. Hopefully it's just a whistle he's hearing. Does anyone here have experience with both "d" and "c" turbos? Would it be obvious on start up which was which? Also both trucks are '87 models

here is another picture of mine.


http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/...BCC3324-1721-000002A472F41FAE_zps301e6b0f.jpg

 

[fuzzytoaster]

That batch of trucks were 1987 M35A2C with D turbo. They were all from Tinker AFB and identical trucks.

Source: Scoped em out in person, won 3 in that batch.

..but to answer your original question I'd suggest rebuild it to make sure it's done right.

 

[treysoucie]

Not sure which batch you are referring to? I'm recovering from hooks. Mine came with the drop side bed. I sent some photos of the two turbos to the guy and he clarified that mine was in fact a "C" turbo and the other was a "D" if you check out the photos I posted you can see that it is a "C" I'm fairly confident that he is just hearing the difference in the turbos but I will asses it when I get there.

 

[wreckerman893]

I was watching a movie the other night with MV's in it and a deuce with whistler rolled by.......ya got to love that sound.

 

[treysoucie]

I agree I was very pleased to find out it was the "C" turbo. First time I cranked up my first deuce and heard that turbo I was in love.

 

[Scar59]

"J" pipe may have a hole in it, they really sound loud then. PBA (probably be alright)

 

[emmado22]

the C is great for the first 20 minutes of a long drive... Then, maybe not so much......

 

[treysoucie]

Lol yeah I'm bringing ear muffs

 

[fuzzytoaster]

Not sure which batch you are referring to? I'm recovering from hooks. Mine came with the drop side bed. I sent some photos of the two turbos to the guy and he clarified that mine was in fact a "C" turbo and the other was a "D" if you check out the photos I posted you can see that it is a "C" I'm fairly confident that he is just hearing the difference in the turbos but I will asses it when I get there.

Yes, the batch of M35A2C (dropside model) that were recently auctioned off at hooks.

 

[treysoucie]

Maybe you missed the one I bought.

Looks like a "C" turbo. Are you saying that you put eyes on all of the engine bays and they all had "D" turbos?

 

[fuzzytoaster]

It is a possibility that I missed a few. Some trucks were still parked in the DRMO lot despite being up for auction, one of mine was. Glad you got a screamer lol.