[Farmall] Chevy Diesel V8 5.7 Litr.

[Mike Sloane]

I guess it is one of those "it depends" situations. My dentist bought a 
new big Olds station wagon with that engine. After about 80K miles he 
discovered that he couldn't find a seller, so he kept driving it for 
another 100K, until the car pretty much just fell apart. But the engine 
was fine. I will say that he is an antique car buff, so he is gentle 
with his machines.

My recollection was that the engine compartment was pretty well stuffed, 
with two big batteries, just like the ones in the IHC 6.9 liter diesel 
in my '86 F-350 truck, which is standing by to plow the road, if it ever 
snows again. (Mandatory IHC reference!)
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Mike

farmallgray at aol.com wrote:
> Don't put much $$$ into it. They aren't very durable. They had a weak
> bottom end and liked to do a good imitation of a hand grenade. They
> were basically a 350 olds gas engine converted to diesel. It was a
> much poorer setup than if it had been designed from the start as a
> diesel. My dad had an '81 buick with one in. He bought it with some
> valve train problems. He fixed that problem, then ran it for about
> two weeks and it blew up. He swapped it out for a 403 buick engine.
> I'm a GM guy, but those things really gave Diesels a bad reputation
> for a long time. I remember someone telling me that they weren't
> intended (or advertized) to be used for any heavy work like we expect
> a truck to do. If they had been a success, we would probably have a
> lot more (and more affordable) diesel cars and trucks in this country
> today.?Sorry I didn't do much to answer your question. ;-)
> 
> 
> Todd Markle Spring Mills, Pa.
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