The key to owning a 6.2 is keeping the glowplug system functioning correctly(whether manual or not) and keeping air leaks out of the fuel system. If you have either of these two issues, you have to spin and spin the starter to crank engine. When this happens, they eat starters, flywheels, and can even snap the mounting ear off the block due to high compression. When everything is working correctly, the 6.2's start with just a bump of the starter, even in cold weather. They live long, heathly lives if you don't beat the crap out of them and keep them maintained. I have had one that 339K on the original engine, and two others with 260K+. I have been running 6.2 powered trucks for over 15 years, and I do not plan to give them up anytime soon. They get 20+ mpg, and the cost to replace an injection pump, starter, glowplugs, injectors, or even the TH400 is less than one payment on a new truck. Even if you lunch an engine, there are thousands of military takeouts out there that can be had very cheap. I have turbocharged 3 of them, and that can be done for less than $500 if you're patient. These engines are the SBC of diesels, and there is no cheaper or simpler diesel to own and operate. I have put one in my '67 C-30 dually (hence my username) and we put one on a CJ-7. I love them.