FishOnOne wrote:
ScottG wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
KD4UPL wrote:
Why does everybody always act like diesel 1/2 tons are something new? GM had diesel 1/2 ton trucks, Blazers, and Suburbans from about 1982 until about 1999 I think it was. They didn't sell that great then (maybe that's why nobody knows about them). Why does everyone want one now?
They didn't sell great because the 6.2 and 6.5 diesels were gutless, garbage engines.
Bingo.
I had a 82 6.2 - it was well into its second set of injectors and pump at 100K and mostly worn out by 150.
And OMG was it a pig.
I only bought back in the day because it was the cheapest way into a used 3/4T truck.
Man does that bring back some bad memories.
:B Don't it?
And the 6.2 wasn't just weak for the time, any small block V8 would out tow or out perform it in any way except perhaps fuel efficiency.
To make it even worse, someone had put 16.5" truck wheels on mine which could not have helped the gearing any.
