Operation AWOL

[Joe_Black]

Looks better than mine right now! However, I do have an '87 Silverado with factory air that's going to donate it's cab and twin-tank bed. It also has a 700R4 but I'm going to hold off for the manual 5-speed in that department. Currently 3-color woodland but I want to go sand like yours, much better for the Florida sun.

[ZEUS]

God I hate that pic! I was so nervous when the truck was on the way to Utah from Wyoming on a trailer just like yours! My donor truck is setup like yours too with power everything, A/C/ cruise, dual tanks, insulation... and everything that is NOT Army issue! Now I'm not so sure I want to use a donor truck! I was thinking about swapping an NV4500, 6.5 TD, and NP241... so I have been searching for a '94 3/4 ton as a donor...but like I said...

Looks better than mine right now! However, I do have an '87 Silverado with factory air that's going to donate it's cab and twin-tank bed. It also has a 700R4 but I'm going to hold off for the manual 5-speed in that department. Currently 3-color woodland but I want to go sand like yours, much better for the Florida sun.

[Joe_Black]

God I hate that pic! I was so nervous when the truck was on the way to Utah from Wyoming on a trailer just like yours! My donor truck is setup like yours too with power everything, A/C/ cruise, dual tanks, insulation... and everything that is NOT Army issue! Now I'm not so sure I want to use a donor truck! I was thinking about swapping an NV4500, 6.5 TD, and NP241... so I have been searching for a '94 3/4 ton as a donor...but like I said...

I tow now with a load-equalizing hitch and it takes any sway right out. Our new 20' 14K lb. trailer is a bit tongue-heavy unloaded and the new hitch makes all the difference. No more towing with my Dad's F-150 though, I'll be using an '86 Mack Ms-250P Midliner that gets over 20MPG and can pull whatever I can load. If it's bigger than that I finally got a 50-ton lowboy for our vintage '70 IHC Transtar!

So what did you find about the 6.2 that's giving you second thoughts? The only significant issue I've found thus far is that you need to keep an eye on the harmonic balancer, but other than that it's got a fantastic track record.

[ZEUS]

So what did you find about the 6.2 that's giving you second thoughts? The only significant issue I've found thus far is that you need to keep an eye on the harmonic balancer, but other than that it's got a fantastic track record.

Well, I started looking into rebuilding mine just to be on the safe side and found this buildup article: http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/c...dup/index.html

It is what kinda scared me off and into thinking the 6.5 would be a better candidate for me to build up. And since '94 was it's 1st year of production as well as the 1st year of production for the NV4500 (with the 6.34 1st gear) I figured I could have one donor truck with everything hooked up together without needing gueeswork and adapters. I can buy a complete '94 for around $2500 whereas fitting just the Banks turbo on the 6.2 would run me $2000+. I still think the 6.2 is a fine motor but without an OD the CUCV is not going to work for a loooong road trip so I am trying to kill 3 birds with one stone.

[tom4bren]

It's prolly the 5.7 I was thinking of.