robguitargod1
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Always wanted a diesel truck and this '06 Crew Cab Longbed Dually was too good to pass up.
The good:
- Price
- LBZ
- Interior condition
- Bone stock
- Was part of a tow fleet for a drift teams trailers so it was maintained well
- All new stainless brake lines
- Great tires, powder-coated wheels
The bad:
- Rusted rockers (rust belt problems), and peeling paint
- Siezed turbo vanes
- 5 bad glow plugs
- 350k miles
- Fuel leak (need some suggestions where to look)
- Coolant leak (already can see it's at the heater core connections)
So I JUST finished building a '96 1 ton, when I bought this truck last week. A link to it's build thread is below:
www.gmt400.com
I wasted no time tearing into the LBZ and got the turbo off this weekend. An absolutely miserable job, but doable.
I know some of you will call me insane, but I'm pulling the transmission next. I should have done that from the beginning because busting those bolts loose on the up-pipes was not fun. Had to do it from the passenger wheel-well. Since I'm in the rust belt I broke 6 of the 12 bolts. 3 in the turbo, 3 in the exhaust manifolds.
With the trans removed everything is right in front of your face. I'll take that trade off all day.
There was a huge mouse house in the valley along with 20 years of general filth. This was after I'd already cleaned a bit.
Much better
Here's the parts list I have so far:
- Both thermostats
- Thermostat gaskets
- Breather re-route
- Heater core hoses
- Turbo heater hoses
- Drain back gasket
- Transmission filters and fluid
- Turbo rebuild kit KC turbo
- VGT solenoid KC turbo
I'll be towing a 5th wheel camper in the summer with this, so I'm trying to balance needs vs wants. REALLY all I need to do is clean the vanes and put it back together, but I do think an EGR delete and breather re-route would be smart.
I have HP tuners and can flash the PCM if I delete EGR.
Suggestions?
The good:
- Price
- LBZ
- Interior condition
- Bone stock
- Was part of a tow fleet for a drift teams trailers so it was maintained well
- All new stainless brake lines
- Great tires, powder-coated wheels
The bad:
- Rusted rockers (rust belt problems), and peeling paint
- Siezed turbo vanes
- 5 bad glow plugs
- 350k miles
- Fuel leak (need some suggestions where to look)
- Coolant leak (already can see it's at the heater core connections)
So I JUST finished building a '96 1 ton, when I bought this truck last week. A link to it's build thread is below:
'96 C3500 rebuild, L29/NV4500, 0411 swap with coil per cylinder
I picked up this truck in July. Since then what started as a clutch/transmission rebuild has grown into much more so I thought I'd share. I originally bought the truck knowing its clutch was bad, but quickly discovered the trans was smoked. Here it is the day I got it home (July '24). Even...
www.gmt400.com
I wasted no time tearing into the LBZ and got the turbo off this weekend. An absolutely miserable job, but doable.
I know some of you will call me insane, but I'm pulling the transmission next. I should have done that from the beginning because busting those bolts loose on the up-pipes was not fun. Had to do it from the passenger wheel-well. Since I'm in the rust belt I broke 6 of the 12 bolts. 3 in the turbo, 3 in the exhaust manifolds.
With the trans removed everything is right in front of your face. I'll take that trade off all day.
There was a huge mouse house in the valley along with 20 years of general filth. This was after I'd already cleaned a bit.
Much better
Here's the parts list I have so far:
- Both thermostats
- Thermostat gaskets
- Breather re-route
- Heater core hoses
- Turbo heater hoses
- Drain back gasket
- Transmission filters and fluid
- Turbo rebuild kit KC turbo
- VGT solenoid KC turbo
I'll be towing a 5th wheel camper in the summer with this, so I'm trying to balance needs vs wants. REALLY all I need to do is clean the vanes and put it back together, but I do think an EGR delete and breather re-route would be smart.
I have HP tuners and can flash the PCM if I delete EGR.
Suggestions?
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