icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
Sorry it has come to this but... You will have a motor when its all done and not a block with a hole in it. Gaskets are cheap compared to another motor. Everyone here will agree with what you are doing. Another member on another site had a shop change his glow plugs and when he got his truck back it had a bad knock. After fighting with the owner of the shop it turns out the "mechanic" broke off a few glow plugs and just started the motor up trying to blow them out the exhaust valve. It ruined some pistons.... There are some real dumb@$$'S out there calling themselves mechanics. Good luck and post back with questions. Plenty of help here....