BlindAmbition
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Picked this new truck up even though I need another project like I need a hole in my head. Cleanest truck I've seen in a while, couldn't pass up the price. The dash isn't even cracked and the paperwork is current. Has a 6.9, older Banks turbo, a T19, GVOD attached to the BW1345 transfer case. The motor was hydrolocked, I am unsure where to even start with a project like this. I've been scouring for donor trucks to get a decent motor out of, but everything seems to need a rebuild. What would you do? Drop in a different motor or rebuild the existing one? I found a machine shop about an hour and a half away that had knowledge of IDIs and had rebuilt plenty in the past.
I'm thinking of putting in a ZF5, keeping the GVOD, and putting a Banks Sidewinder instead of the older unit either way I go. Or just sell it as is and double my money and focus on my blue truck.
I have a basic Harbor Freight cherry picker to work with and I can buy an engine stand.
I'm thinking of putting in a ZF5, keeping the GVOD, and putting a Banks Sidewinder instead of the older unit either way I go. Or just sell it as is and double my money and focus on my blue truck.
I have a basic Harbor Freight cherry picker to work with and I can buy an engine stand.
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