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  1. Blue Ox

    New For Me 1985 Silverado 20 6.2 Diesel

    The only risk I can think of there is on an engine with glowplugs they may ignite the sprayed-in fuel prematurely and smack the piston on they way up. That's why 6.2Ls all have a sticker that says Do Not Use Starting Fluid.
  2. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Those look like a really creative idea, but I kinda see a potential problem with a cup of liquid and a slamming door.
  3. Blue Ox

    Gelled fuel or bad pump?

    Whenever I've had cold fuel issues it's been plugging at the sock in the tank. Usually, it becomes an issue at 15°. There's a heater in the box filter, so that shouldn't be the issue. If it's in the tank, you'll have to heat the fuel/tank to get the fuel flowing again. You should use an...
  4. Blue Ox

    Brake Master Cylinder, what adapters do I need to make this work? Pic's inside.

    Not all. Mine is front to front. The bigger reservoir is the fronts.
  5. Blue Ox

    K20 vs. K30 Difference

    Payload would vary a lot depending on the truck's options. GVW is the only way I can think of to determine if it's HD or not. The 8500 lb threshold is a gov't thing, not GM. It applies to emissions probably more than anything else. So your engine VIN may be a clue. You could try looking at the...
  6. Blue Ox

    K20 vs. K30 Difference

    Any 20 series truck with a C6P RPO and GVW over 8500 lbs would be considered Heavy Duty. 13" drums are a giveaway.
  7. Blue Ox

    New from NY

    +1
  8. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    Looks good. Where did you get those?
  9. Blue Ox

    What new tools have you got lately?

    I have two of those type of heaters, and I've never bought one. The first one was abandoned at a job site along with a 55 gallon drum of kero. The architect on the job "contracted" me to dispose of it because he deemed it a fire hazard. The other one, my neighbor threw out. I grabbed it and put...
  10. Blue Ox

    New For Me 1985 Silverado 20 6.2 Diesel

    For a guy who hates working on them, you sure did a lot of work. :confused:
  11. Blue Ox

    Myth or fact

    .030" over is not causing the overheat.
  12. Blue Ox

    New For Me 1985 Silverado 20 6.2 Diesel

    Before you finally condemn the 6.2L, did you do a compression test?
  13. Blue Ox

    Mudflaps-not the woman type.

    If you want to pretend your truck is related to a big rig you can use the front flaps from a tractor. They're sized for a single wheel. When we got these the Bulldog was painted white, but I'm not as inclined to make the truck look all "Macky" these days. We used to do a lot of work for one of...
  14. Blue Ox

    Ford Trash Talk Thread lol

  15. Blue Ox

    6.2 vacuum pod removal?

    Okay to spin it. Yes, the pod can be removed separately. It's no big deal to pull the whole thing. There's no timing involved or anything like that.
  16. Blue Ox

    What have you done to your square lately??

    And wouldn't it be great if people who claim to understand how markets work actually understood how markets work?
  17. Blue Ox

    Rear Step Bumper Availability

    Just an FYI, those are not the same as the factory step bumper.
  18. Blue Ox

    The last pre-emmisions diesel

    What sound is that? Bucket of bolts down the intake or bearings falling out? It's definitely a legendary engine, and it's just my personal preference, but IMHO the automotive B-Series is about the worst sounding diesel on the planet.
  19. Blue Ox

    305 SBC vs 6.2 Detroit: Which would you rather?

    No, it's because the rider doesn't want to listen to them. They just want everybody else to listen to them.
  20. Blue Ox

    Broken main bolt

    Usually that was for piston sizes. The factory had pistons sized in smaller increments than are used in rebuilding. Probably to make it easier to machine the blocks with more relaxed tolerances and make up the fit with the pistons.
  21. Blue Ox

    305 SBC vs 6.2 Detroit: Which would you rather?

    I wasn't critiquing your experience with bio. I have plenty of it myself, and while I'm an advocate of it, I recognize it's limitations. During the price spike back in ought-eight we had a lot of customers fiddling with it. One of the most prolific was a fish market that was getting used fryer...
  22. Blue Ox

    Are these dual shocks factory. Pic inside. 1987 K10 long bed truck

    Right. The factory quads used completely different shocks than the duals. Most aftermarket ones use the same shock as the singles and just add another one.
  23. Blue Ox

    Are these dual shocks factory. Pic inside. 1987 K10 long bed truck

    What's to understand? It was more common back then, but quad shocks were popular among the off-road crowd for more control. You don't have to keep it that way. You can revert to singles if the quads are too cool or too much damping for your purposes.
  24. Blue Ox

    305 SBC vs 6.2 Detroit: Which would you rather?

    I think the perspective on alternative fuels should also take disaster scenarios into account. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy we were without electric for a week and gas was hard to come by for longer than that. After the gasoline supply crashed Diesel was still relatively easy to find...
  25. Blue Ox

    86 6.2 diesel crank no start

    Ditto on Do NOT use starting fluid. Do you get smoke from the exhaust while cranking? Test the glowplugs with a test light. Pull the connector off and attach test light to battery positive. If it lights the plug is good. Test all of them. The glowplug light on the dash is powered by the glowplug...

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