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1hc72

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I know it has been a while since I have been here, almost 2 years!!!!!!!!!!! I have located a 6v71 for a decent price 500 bucks. I finally got my truck in the back ready to tear apart. I located the front motor mount for my tired 345. Were is the second mount??
 
Here's the deal man...you simply must have a service manual for this vehicle in order to be able to move forward!

But...which vehicle are you discussing here???
 
Michael I have service manual for the truck. Vehicle in question is a 1972 pickup 1210 model. Enfine 345 tranny tf 727. I found the front mount just need to find the others and jusst need ti know were too look
 
It has been a while but iirc, the sv engines didn't have a rear motor mount. The transmission hung on the rear of the engine and the transmission had a mount.
 
engine change

Thorugh some advice of others smarter than me it was recomneded that I not go with the detroit. I have located bought and had shipped a caterpillar 3116 i6 engine. 1345lb dry and boy is it a tight fit, pill post pcs later
 
I work on cat engines. 3116 engines are known as 1.1 engines, meaning they are 1.1 liters per cylinder. Do you know how to set the rack on this engine, along with the injector height? You will need to have the tools to do this procedure. The tools used to do this are not cheap. Cat's are not a cheap to repair. Just a piece of advice. If your going to stick a diesel in your pickup, why not a 6.9 or 7.3 idi?? Or a 4bt or 6bt cummins? I deal with caterpillar engines on a daily basis, that is all I work on, and they expensive to repair. 3116 engines don't have a great track record in trucks, they did ok in heavy equipment. Injector cups like to leak, same with they oil cooler, water pump...
 
6.9 and 7.3 are good engines. I just wanted to. Be gettibe different. Thealong with the cummins are too pricey and just too common.tools I will be purchasing,along with the manual toset the injectors.
 
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