When I first bough her, she was a little bit smokey and seemed a bit loud... I thought the somewhat loud pinging was perhaps injector nailing. I drove her for a few hundred miles and figured, what the hey... why not have the injectors cleaned, and ensure that they are opperating at spec. I never thought of doing a compression test or anything like that (Wish I would have) Got the injectors back from the shop, slammed 'em back in and i was off again.
So, there I was driving the truck of my dreams when... bam... Lots and lots and lots of grey smoke... Luckily I was only a few blocks away from home.
I eased her home and i crossed my fingers for a blown headgasket.
As you'll see below... She'll need more than that.
She has the original B engine in her, so I reckon parts are going to be extreamly difficult to track down; so i'm turning to the cruiser community for guidance throughout the process.
ENGINE SN: 0192118
I've had a thousand an one different individuals tell me that i should just slap a 4BT in and call it good...
I do not want to do that... I'd prefer to stay with the B if possible.
Here is where I'm at:
Prior to diging in....
Pulled everyting out.
Radiator looks like it will need to be recored, top and bottom look good.
Broke the small tab that the hose attaches to on the radiator reservoir... I'll need to replace the reservoir...
Valve cover, injectors, intake and exhaust maifolds removed. There was a good bit of oil up top, which from my understanding is a normal. Lot's of rust in the cooling ports, proof that i need to recore the radiator.
Looked into the #3 cylinder and saw what i thought was a large amount of carbon build up... Rotated the cylinder up and cringed at the sight of the #3 Piston....
I can actually move the #3 piston with my hand, though the cylinder wall looks to be in good shape...
I'm thinking that I blew the rings on this piston, but im not sure why it looks so damaged. After ferther inspection Piston #2 looks like it had made contact with one of the valves at some point as well. #1 & 4 look great, but i have slight play in #1. All 4 Cylider walls look good and have no obvious signs of unusual wear.
As Roger Miller once said "knuckle down buckle down do it do it do it"..
Let's rebuild this bastard...
I have the common part resourses such as: SOR, Cool Cruisers of Texas and cruiserparts.net
Hoping there are others that are outside of the states and a bit cheeper.
Right now, I'm looking at Specter Off-Road's B Diesel Standard Engine Kit PN (038-510B1-1):
Fits 2/74-4/80 B DIESEL - Comes with STD piston & rings, STD main bearings, STD rod bearings, rod bushings, cam bearings, piston liners, and gaskets. Order Diesel Engine Assembly Lube Kit 200-25 separately.
This kit runs $1300
I'm going to take the head into the shop tomorrow to have it magnafluxed...
I'm sure that i will find that i have crackes, just like everyone else, between the exhaust and intake valves.
Does anyone have a good non US sourse for a replacement head? SOR wants 1545 for a new one without valves.
I'll continue to update the thread as I move along through the process.
So, there I was driving the truck of my dreams when... bam... Lots and lots and lots of grey smoke... Luckily I was only a few blocks away from home.
I eased her home and i crossed my fingers for a blown headgasket.
As you'll see below... She'll need more than that.
She has the original B engine in her, so I reckon parts are going to be extreamly difficult to track down; so i'm turning to the cruiser community for guidance throughout the process.
ENGINE SN: 0192118
I've had a thousand an one different individuals tell me that i should just slap a 4BT in and call it good...
I do not want to do that... I'd prefer to stay with the B if possible.
Here is where I'm at:
Prior to diging in....
Pulled everyting out.
Radiator looks like it will need to be recored, top and bottom look good.
Broke the small tab that the hose attaches to on the radiator reservoir... I'll need to replace the reservoir...
Valve cover, injectors, intake and exhaust maifolds removed. There was a good bit of oil up top, which from my understanding is a normal. Lot's of rust in the cooling ports, proof that i need to recore the radiator.
Looked into the #3 cylinder and saw what i thought was a large amount of carbon build up... Rotated the cylinder up and cringed at the sight of the #3 Piston....
I can actually move the #3 piston with my hand, though the cylinder wall looks to be in good shape...
I'm thinking that I blew the rings on this piston, but im not sure why it looks so damaged. After ferther inspection Piston #2 looks like it had made contact with one of the valves at some point as well. #1 & 4 look great, but i have slight play in #1. All 4 Cylider walls look good and have no obvious signs of unusual wear.
As Roger Miller once said "knuckle down buckle down do it do it do it"..
Let's rebuild this bastard...
I have the common part resourses such as: SOR, Cool Cruisers of Texas and cruiserparts.net
Hoping there are others that are outside of the states and a bit cheeper.
Right now, I'm looking at Specter Off-Road's B Diesel Standard Engine Kit PN (038-510B1-1):
Fits 2/74-4/80 B DIESEL - Comes with STD piston & rings, STD main bearings, STD rod bearings, rod bushings, cam bearings, piston liners, and gaskets. Order Diesel Engine Assembly Lube Kit 200-25 separately.
This kit runs $1300
I'm going to take the head into the shop tomorrow to have it magnafluxed...
I'm sure that i will find that i have crackes, just like everyone else, between the exhaust and intake valves.
Does anyone have a good non US sourse for a replacement head? SOR wants 1545 for a new one without valves.
I'll continue to update the thread as I move along through the process.