Kevin 007
Full-floater
Yes I'm amazed with how intricate injection pumps are and the abuse that they are able to tolerate especially with this ulsd garbage we get now. But, I have always driven old beater diesels and grew up on a farm with old beater tractors, equipment and semis and I currently have a handful of old timers and the DB2 pumps are definitely the first ones to require attention. I have had half a million mile vw's, toyota's, nissans, cats, macks, Perkins some with rotary and some with inline pumps and still were not rebuilt. And the db2 rigs always get a lube additive like stanadyne or howes and regular filter changes and rarely see over 150,000 miles before needing a rebuild. Thats still a good lifespan but im just voicing my opinion. My current one is a baby moose built by Mel and performs excellent and surely will out live others I have had; but, the overall picture for me isn't praising the db2. That to me is the biggest drawback to owning a ford/gm idi. Sorry to rant, but after enough pump replacements, I'm getting tired of it. That's why I chose to buy from someone like Mel this time around in hopes that it will be trouble free. But on the upside, the BB-2 is $650 instead of $1500 to get rebuilt, so..... Its kind of a toss up for me. I think I would rather have a more expensive pump in service and have it last that much longer..... Just my $.02
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