I found a 6.2 Chevy Diesel wedge truck with 104k miles . It is clean as a pen and the bed is cherry. Question? Is the 6.2 any good . What is the life of these ? Thanks for any information . John
John, the 6.2 is a good running motor and will give you decent fuel mileage. If you are looking to tow with it, forget about it. My Pop had an '82 w/700R4 he used for towin a 28' 5th wheel camper and could not get anywhere while towing. Empty, except for my crap when I was moving stuff to store at his place before I moved to Korea, it got near 20 MPG on the Interstate at 60-65 mph. I would NOT count on it for a tow rig. Daily driver, yes. HTH
This is a wedge truck for car hauling. 4 door with a snatch rig behind for towing extra vehicle. Mileage is not an issue because will not be using it much or on long hauls but durability is a concern, although it is reasonable priced.
700 R4 It is on a muscle car lot but I have been unable to talk to the owner of the truck. It appears to have been pampered and mileage looks to be correct but no real records yet. Just trying to see if I can justify it when will only be used about 3 times a year. The 4 door part I like. Has winch and hitch with a snatch wrecker attachment. ( which I don't need) John
700R4 never came in a 3500 series truck... someone did that.... if it did, it usually NEVER lasted anyways...
I have put 295k miles on Ole' Stinky without a problem so far. K2500 4WD J code 6.2l diesel. It was bought new from the Chevy dealership in the town of North Pole Alaska. Injector pumps seem to be good for 100k miles or so. Change the diesel fuel filter ($20.00) ever 4th oil change. I did have to change the lift pump on the frame. Biggest problem (for me) has been starters. They are the typical GM 2 bolt, but much bigger and heavier. If they do not rattle the starter bolts loose they will break every 200th start. I keep a spare set in the truck just in case. I also drill them and safety wire them so they stay put. There is a starter support on the opposite end of the bolted end that is necessary to help support the weight and torque. I paid Autozone $225.00 for a Mexico starter with a lifetime warranty and they have changed it out twice happily no question asked. The 2 big batteries under the hood do not make it very easy on the starter or solenoid. In the junkyards I have seen the block broken where the starter bolts to. I would suspect over tightening the bolts and starter torque. They are not a powerhouse, but I do get right at 22mpg overall. Serpentine belt is '88-'93 which is nice. I hit the glow-plugs twice on the coldest night without plugging it in and she starts up every time. If it ever does give out I will probably buy one of the new military replacement crate engines off Ebay for $500 to $1000. That's my results, yours may vary.
Wow, small world, Tom. I used to live just outside of North Pole, AK in a small area known as Salcha. About 100' off of the Tanana River. Can you say salmon run?!?!?:grin:
Thats what our dads 82 had in it for trans (700R4) I think it went out twice while he owned it. He had to have the injector pump rebuilt once and changed glow plugs 2 or 3 times. That was about it besided normal maintainence.
I sold a LOT of turbo kits for the 6.2's..... probably installed over 50-60 myself.. I never saw a 700R4 in anything, except 1500 series, where that was the standard trans, other than a 5 speed manual which very FEW 1500's had.... 6.2's love 4.10's, 3.73's are more common, they blow up with 4.56's, a lot were built with 2.93's and they were absolute slugs...
My bad; you are probably right. I'm working on 2011 model year stuff, so that was a very long time ago for me....p K
I assume the turbos were an aftermarket kit. The 6.2 that my dad had was a 1/2 ton and had 3.42 gears. Truck ran OK by itself but didn't have crap when Dad hooked up the 5th wheel camper.
