got a couple questions on what to look
for when we're buying a used engine now
there's a lot of conversion stuff going
on and these old dodge trucks make
perfect platforms for a running engine
transmission to go put whatever you want
or to redo a truck like this so this one
just rolled in the driveway we're
actually taking this cab and body off
and putting a 50 Studebaker truck on top
of it and it's already bought and paid
for but we'll go over the truck a little
bit just to see what to look for number
one thing is to see whether it starts
and runs now try to technicals dodge the
nothing else works no turn signals it's
already been up the records and I think
people start in the strip parts a little
bit but it does start clearly I know
that's the battery or the starter but it
runs good sounds good but you want to
look for is the blow by two but the very
back of the engine
and you don't want to see any smoke
coming out of here if you can't find the
blow by to poke your head underneath the
vehicle or any diesel engine see whether
there's smoke comin off the ground
whoa bye
on top of the piston leaking down past
the Rings and pressurizing an oil pan
that means that the cylinders of war and
your rings are war and range is going to
be sloppy it's not going to have the
power that is supposed to have and it's
going to be due for rebuild another way
to check that and just open the felt hat
smoke coming out of here
this one idles very nicely
great
listen for any noises knocks Kings Kings
anything out of the ordinary
and if you do hear anything that worries
you think of it as worst case scenario
and I would say away
another thing to check real quick if the
owner will let you let's just pull a
valve cover these dodges have a reusable
valve cover and they're super easy to
get off just take the little 15
millimeter socket with you or wrench
just take the cap off and what we want
to see is nice and clean we want to see
a little bit of a little bit of oil in
there knowing that everything is
lubricated and we don't want to see any
sludge white buildup grime dirt anything
that is foreign to the engine that looks
really clean under there so that's a
good start
now Diesel's stay because of the low
rpms and the vibrations tend to leak
you're not going to get away from that
build up like this is all normal
this is two hundred and fifty thousand K
on this engine probably never been
washed nothing to be worried about what
does concern you is if you see a run if
you see a clean streak if you see build
up like this
and then you see a clean spot like this
in the middle that means you've got a
steady run where where the oils coming
down so and and that was actually on our
other parts truck where the timing cover
was cracked you could see it with the
oil was running down underneath the pump
from the timing gear and that was
worrisome and I missed that also too
very quickly with a 7/16 deep socket
pulling off your intake hose and you
want to grab the turbo and just wiggle
it up and down and make sure there's no
play in there see that I would not
recommend leaving this turbo on here
this turbo needs a rebuild so luckily
I've got four or five of them laying in
the shop that we can put on there
Diesel's have to turn over fast to fire
because it's compression ignition it's
not like a spark plug where if you can
get a little ounce of juice left to fire
your spark plug it will run you need
that compression you need to be able to
take that air and quickly compress it
get it hot spray your fuel in there and
light it
the fact that this was turning over slow
and still fired means I'm very confident
in this engine so the engines are good
buy and paint a thousand bucks for this
is worth it any day of the week I think
we are selling his body off of it
I think the cab is spoken for and I
think the flares are gonna go on a ready
5 project but if you need anything else
just let me know and if you guys want to
know anything else I'll be happy to
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