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    Should I pull the motor???????

    Just fiqured id let everyone know, i finally got her back togther and took it for a little spin..... drives fine, no leaks, and all is well.... for now. Thanks everyone........
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    Well after taking a break and pushing alot of snow, im back in the shop working on the dmax, I have the heads on and the studs in, my question is when torquing the studs, how many steps do you make till you get to 125. I know the bolts, are a four step but that has degree steps.
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    Yea I talked to the machine shop again today and they are saying somwhere between eight to tenth thousands, needs to come off. I went and looked at the head, it has a good ring in it, you can hook your finger nail in it, but like I said, I guess it came from the metal ring beating it from...
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    sorry bout that, I was talking to my dmax buddy thats a tech, he told me the same thing, Im not use to counting all the way to 8 working on a diesel............:D But now Ive run into another small promblem, I got the buggy infront of the horse per say, I ordered all my gaskets at gm...
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    gaskets are on order, and head studs on the way...... Should have everything by the weekend.....
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    finally got everything tore down on the motor. I did find which side it was, driver side, back cylinder number 5. I guess the way these gaskets are made you cannot really tell where or if you had a blow out.......... I can also see where people have trouble with getting dirt into the top of the...
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    lol :rofl: trust me, my dad (diehard chevy man) has give me enough grif over the years bout my cummins"s".
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    is there a setp by step on that on here? By the way it sounds we can do it here. UPDATE. We have the motor on the stand and the tear down is happeing now......This motors aint nothing like the inlines im use to.......
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    Oh yea I know all about the diesel bug, I had a nice 1 ton dually dodge, drove it every day, then one day I got talked into sled pulling it, now I have an 750hp p-pump 24 valve that sits outside my shop door, that only hooks to a sled about 20 times a year.............. Like I said, I want...
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    If you dont mind, can you tell me if lbz rods will hold, 71mm garret BB charger, efi live, the highest setting is a 250, by the way it runs, I think its had either some cp3 work or maybe injectors. Will lbz rods hold up???? like I said I would like to pull it a couple of times, mostley just a...
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    I have done some reading on the aftermaket ones, but I really cant handle payin 2k plus for rods, Id like to put something in the bottom end that will handle that charger and the fueling, I would like to sled pull the truck at a couple of pulls, but I have my other truck I sled pull with.......
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    another question i have, I dont know alot of the past on this truck, I know it has some mods, efi live, Garret BB charger and a few more things, should I go ahead and put a set of LBZ rods in it while its down. Also should I do anything else while the motor is out? It has 156k on it.
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    Should I pull the motor???????

    Hello, newbie here, dont start thrown rocks, but im a cummins man, and I did some trading and got an 01 gmc dmax, it has a head gasket issue, Ive already started the tear down on the truck, I was told it was easyest to pull the motor to do the head gaskets,( i have an zf6). What should I do, do...