Picked up a 1500 with a 6.5 turbo diesel

Bowhunter301

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I am pretty excited I picked up this 1500 with a 6.5. I didn't know they made a half ton with a diesel. It has 194000 and is pretty clean and runs awesome. Do any of you guys know what the gold plate is? Its mounted in the front on the skid plate and has some wires coming out of it. I am pretty sure its a flux capacitor lol
 

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That's the pmd relocation kit. It's a good thing.
Nice truck.
They also put the 6.5 in the Tahoe.

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Thanks! I wasn't real sure what it was I don't know much about these motors but its clean and runs well. I actually bought it for my wife but she says she wants a suv so I'm not complaining I am gonna keep it and pull my F350 off the road and build it.Thats pretty cool they put these diesels in the z71 and the Tahoe. It must of been special order or something the only half ton I know of having a diesel is the newer dodges
 

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You could get a 6.2/6.5 in a half ton from the late 70's on... until the Duramax was released. However, they newer they are, the less common they are. I knew someone that had a 1500 diesel, and it originaly came from Canada..... may want to see if yours was from "up nort"......
 

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Thanks! I wasn't real sure what it was I don't know much about these motors but its clean and runs well. I actually bought it for my wife but she says she wants a suv so I'm not complaining I am gonna keep it and pull my F350 off the road and build it.Thats pretty cool they put these diesels in the z71 and the Tahoe. It must of been special order or something the only half ton I know of having a diesel is the newer dodges

They are not as rare as you would think. Seen many of them from the early 90s and on. the 5.2 came in half tons, blazers and so on before the 6.5 came out.
 

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I'd like to find a 6.5 Tahoe, or just build one. Which were the rarest to find, not as many made as the half tons and suburban.

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