Project: The New CDD Shop Truck

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Alrighty folks well about time I make a thread for my 93, I bought this truck for $3500 from the original owner with 130k miles, it now has over 260k and is ready for a new engine after the beatings it’s taken over the years, this truck has been a test mule for myself and has been fed nitrous, water ****, propane, and wmo. Engine is chuffing out the exhaust and burning a grotesque amount of oil. So that brings you up to date on that engine.
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Last weekend I picked up a parts truck for $1100 delivered, it’s an idi turbo engine and a 94 with the better serpentine setup which was a must for me after dealing with so many accessory issues with the open style tensioner. I got the engine started after the truck had been sitting for over a year in a yard and drove it up onto the flatbed.
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After finishing up as much as I could on Project Jerry with the parts I have here, I pulled the engine out of the crew cab yesterday. Did it the right way by pulling the front clip since a member on here is taking the rest of the truck, and set a new personal record. 2 hrs and 7 minutes to pull it solo mente, pretty happy with that.

Pulled the pump off my 93 since the baby moose has been sold and is shipping out tomorrow, so I pulled the pump off the turbo engine and swapped my fittings into it to run it in the 93 in the meantime.
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Currently pulling the turbo engine apart, got the accessories and valve covers off. So far it’s looking great inside.
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Very little pitting on the timing cover
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Engine torn down to a short block, everything still looking great so far, just a burnt exhaust manifold gasket
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Now starts the fun stuff, reassembly. Knocked out all the coolant plugs and pulled them out off the head and block
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Cleaned up the mating surfaces and the ring ridge, all the pistons look great and the cylinder walls look pretty good for the 200k that’s already on the engine.
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I’m using 6.9 felpro headgaskets so none of the coolant passages are blocked off and they come with these mls/rubber inserts with tiny pinholes for the coolant passages at the lower corners, something I’ve started doing is widening that passage with a cutoff wheel, I like to have good coolant flow.
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Used set of headstuds I had go in after a thorough cleaning of the threads, I don’t use a tap but modify a headbolt to chase the threads. Takes times but you want each stud to go in by hand and you should be able to take a straight edge across the tops of the studs and touch each one.
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Went to start on the passenger side and went to grab the headgasket out of the box and what do ya know... my “set” came with only one gasket... thanks @RockAuto. Going to work on other things in the meantime but this engine probably won’t be running tomorrow like I was planning.
 

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when i did my head studs i just drilled the same size hole in the freeze plug. not sure how much flow that area sees but it doesn't over heat any more.
 

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when i did my head studs i just drilled the same size hole in the freeze plug. not sure how much flow that area sees but it doesn't over heat any more.
Yep that’s another way, I prefer to knock them out. Both ways are better than plugged.

Anyone spot what’s out of place about this oil cooler?
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Painted up the main oil cooler cylinder after stripping it and cleaning out each coolant tube
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Exhaust manifold stripped and coated
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Knocking out more prepping and painting. Got my single head gasket ordered should be here Monday.
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HEY! Your silver color is shinier than mine. NO FAIR! I guess you're using an aluminum color while I used a cast iron color. I wish I would have thought about enlarging that hole in the insert. Oh well. Even the little, stock hole will let more coolant through than a plug will.
 

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HEY! Your silver color is shinier than mine. NO FAIR! I guess you're using an aluminum color while I used a cast iron color. I wish I would have thought about enlarging that hole in the insert. Oh well. Even the little, stock hole will let more coolant through than a plug will.
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I’m gonna use the dark ford blue for the block just to be different from yours, I think the brighter silver will offset it nicely.

Shiney...
 

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Here’s the two colors next to each other and their paint codes
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They do look good together. Personally, I'm not sure about painting the filter housing blue, but it still looks good.
 

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They do look good together. Personally, I'm not sure about painting the filter housing blue, but it still looks good.
I have no use for those stock parts! I do so many of my intake kits that I have those stock filter housings just laying around
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I have no use for those stock parts! I do so many of my intake kits that I have those stock filter housings just laying around
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May be a dumb question... But whats your intake kit?

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So you pulled all coolant plugs from the heads and block? Debating on doing that to mine
 
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