Jesus Freak
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So, I bought my 86 CC several years ago for a song! The reason I got such a great truck for cheap was because the motor was probably toast...... probably.......but I'm crazy. The story was the previous-previous owner shut the motor off immediately when the turbo disentigrated.......so said the post previous cousin of the owners sister. So gambler as I am knew when to hold and NOT to fold and bought the first diesel I ever owned....and the rest is well..... you know....but not really. So I made the turbo charged a N/A, not knowing anything about it (mind you I didn't do the internet until about 2 years ago, I literally "read books and talked to people") and I drove that motor for more than a year before the stuff that had gotten sucked into #8cyl finally ate past the rings and she started drinking oil. Then I got my first 7.3 that cavitated, but that's another story.
So the original 6.9 was a "dealers Diesel" with a disentigrated "roto-master" turbo. The thing is the turbo mounted directly on the driver's side exhaust manifold. I haven't seen one like in on the forum here or on ebay. Is this unique? Is it good? Any information, oil burner friends? I still have the metal plate on it for making it a N/A motor.
So the original 6.9 was a "dealers Diesel" with a disentigrated "roto-master" turbo. The thing is the turbo mounted directly on the driver's side exhaust manifold. I haven't seen one like in on the forum here or on ebay. Is this unique? Is it good? Any information, oil burner friends? I still have the metal plate on it for making it a N/A motor.