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Should be good to go. Sleeves to bring the bore up to standard size is a good thing. Sleeves that conduct heat away from the bore should make the engine run cooler too.
I personally think I would ask for my (your) .075 pistons. Doesn't matter if they are good or not. They make incredibly neat gifts for friends - and a keepsake for yourself.
Good idea - i have a lot of pistons, connectings rods, camshaft, valves of all my years in repairs....also 5,7l gasoline V8 Pistons but no V8 Diesel piston. Will be my first. What i also not have is a defect engine block to make a nice table of it with a glassplate.... engine will be gone throw an acid bath, after this we can clearly checking on cracks. Maybe i can start than my block project
i am still a positiv thinking man! The crack in the head did i saw also just after cleaning bath not before. By the way the pistons and pistonrings are ok and good but to small.... I've seen a lot of damage before, but I've never seen anything like this.
I forget yesterday to say in the engine was the traces on the crankshaft show that there were particles in the engine itself that did not come from use/wear out. The question is under what conditions was the engine repaired. The specialist says something like this can be seen when engines are opened in a dusty and dirty environment. Just for fun, he said it looked like it was being repaired in a gravel pit. I can rule that out with us. We are always aware of the danger and so we have protective the engine of this.
Probably the oil pump was also affected ... I installed 25years ago a VDO oil pressure device but honestly didn't see anything. Just as you know, the engine didn't really run smoothly for all the resuscitation attempts. So I was more next to the truck than insidel. In addition, the dirt can also have clogged the oil channels, which explains our connecting rod damage. All in all, we can be happy that everything is still repairable. It wasn't enough that the engine failed but enough to fail over time. He actually always smoked in the past, I thought that was common, but probably not in the crowd. If it hadn't been stored, it wouldn't have run much longer ...
By the way - specialist ist same opinion like royalflush55 - the engine block on this typ can aware another honing. My complaint that the manufacturer here at the 2. overzise end will not rule out real excess ends. This is due to the design of the engine. If I want to know exactly, I can only make a request to GM whether there is a recommendation there. I've already done that in various other projects. Volvo, for example, is very open. Let's see, I still have a lot of time to see if I ask for their recommendation. Of course, I don't get a release with a guarantee, but I get a notification of no concerns.
Out of this we descide to use sleeves which coming from the engine specialist. This will be exactly honed on the new pistons. The crankshaft will be revised where we reached so first "Undersize", it will be also balanced after this if necessary. All things which i can`t do myself. There are jobs that I can do myself, but there are also jobs that are given to someone who can do better. To complete the engine again would not be a problem for me but let do this by specialist give me the warranty and a certificate of that job. I must spent so more money but this increases the value of the truck as it shown that the engine is rebuilt in new condition. As a potential buyer, I would rather spend more money on a vehicle with verifiable workshop maintenance than on a vehicle that comes from a hobbyist
I checked the mileage. Bought in 1996 with 52652 miles until 1996 by army. Today 29799 (77147 myself 1996-2005) - so it has a total of 129799/208891 usually not a high mileage for such a diesel engine.
I was hoping that polishing would fix this - but that's too much.