WAD357
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- Location
- Eastern LI, NY
Theyre locally forsale around here mostly starting at 5k but the deals are out there just gotta keep looking man..
What about the Chevy/GMC 6.5 turbodiesel?
- Thread starter Darky
- Start date
Theyre locally forsale around here mostly starting at 5k but the deals are out there just gotta keep looking man..
hadfield4wd
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- Location
- Roanoke, VA
great idea.
nothing wrong with the chevy 6.5TD almost got one myself. minor work on them and they last for a good bit. we use them in our work trucks and they seem to have no issues starting in the winter for the most part and run well enough. most of the issues we see are 4L80 related mainly a solenoid. never actually seen a stock trucks turbo go out and these get dogged out.
we run chevy 3500 vans, 6.5TD or 6.2TD, 4L80E, breadbox's. the tow and get loaded up with roughly 8-12 people and 500lbs of tools. never had any issue out of them considering they are mostly 2001's and run off and on 24hrs a day and 5 days a week.
we run chevy 3500 vans, 6.5TD or 6.2TD, 4L80E, breadbox's. the tow and get loaded up with roughly 8-12 people and 500lbs of tools. never had any issue out of them considering they are mostly 2001's and run off and on 24hrs a day and 5 days a week.
davidson99XJ
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- Location
- Greensburg IN
I know a few people that have a 6.5 total turds!!!! He even has exhaust and intake upgrades. My buddies mountaineer pulled it backwards. Not a lot of power. Don't think I'd drive one if ya gave it to me. Put the money towards 24 valve and manual tyranny. Run forever and pull over a house.
i call BS i have seen 4wd mountaineers get yanked around by 2wd excursions with the gasser. unless the 6.5L TD was a 2WD 1500 (L56) with no weight in the bed there is no way a little 4.0 or 5.0 mountaineer AWD is pulling anything. hell the L56 still mkaes 430LB/FT of tq and thats the 1500's motor.
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Darky
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- 29 Palms, CA
Truck pulls come down more to traction than power. Put an empty 2wd pickup against most any AWD V8, the pickup will lose.
davidson99XJ
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- Location
- Greensburg IN
It's was a 2500 4x4 and the mountaineer didn't kill him but the mountaineer didn't move backwards an inch forward a couple if anything. Point being they are turds. No power. Wouldn't waste the money. Buy a cummins. Or at least a 7.3
xjbrian219
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- Location
- planet earth
my dad has a 98 4x4 3500 4 door long bed with the 6.5..... maybe not as bad as the 6.2....but POS. gets 13mpg towing or not.... empty it keeps up great.... but cant tow a damn thing
Keithmania
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- Location
- Zanesville, OH USA
Just saw this for sale in the Ohio area: http://zanesville.craigslist.org/cto/2540527095.html
eflores
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- Location
- Greg's place
Ewe yukie 7.3 idi non turbo 
slow slow slow. Will run forever. U can rebuild the IP on your own tho 
I had one. Ran 50/50 used motor oil and diesel in it....I did like that a lot
slow slow slow. Will run forever. U can rebuild the IP on your own tho I had one. Ran 50/50 used motor oil and diesel in it....I did like that a lot
- Location
- WA state
Not a 6.5, but cheap
http://slo.craigslist.org/cto/2545166327.html
You could swap in whatever you want, no smog
http://slo.craigslist.org/cto/2545166327.html
You could swap in whatever you want, no smog
that would be such a sweet truck to swap a 12V into
eflores
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Greg's place
Not a huge powerhouse but a great find and price with the gear vendor
Darky
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- 29 Palms, CA
Excellent find! Twould be perfect if it were 4x4. I'd be very tempted to buy it and swap 4x4 into it...I need to sell this 73 Ford so I can get into a 4x4 diesel of some sort. I want to tow the Jeep, carry the camper, and occasionally haul a trailer in order to pull scrap and crap out of the desert. The Ford would do the first two fine, but it's one excursion into sand ended with me fetching the Jeep and winching/dragging it back out.
- Location
- WA state
As far as I know its still available. I can look into it more for you if you like.
Darky
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- Location
- 29 Palms, CA
I wish, but I have no cash at the moment.
- Location
- WA state
Once again, not a 6.5/TD. But get this, toss a CTD in it and lift it! Ha. http://slo.craigslist.org/cto/2586432819.html
eflores
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Greg's place
ROR! U could put macgyvr to shame with that thing
Had a 6.5 for a year, didnt tow with it but it was a great truck. Never let me down. Run a heat sink will help the pump. Same motor in our humvee and of our 20 trucks that we got used in country and had lots of miles in somewhere that is probably hotter then where youll be driving we had on pump go in a year. loved my 6.5 and looking for another to replace my ranger.
- Location
- West Sacramento, CA
An XJ is like 4,000 pounds. A trailer is about 2,000 pounds. Total, about 6,000 pounds. You can tow that with pretty much any full size truck made in the last 20 years. Add a trailer brake controller and go.
