Yeah I was very surprised...as we have discussed it was in an excavator and the owner decided to drive it through a river and hydraulic locked it but by the looks of it they removed 2 glow plugs (on the incorrect cylinders) and decided to throw away the motor...I took the head off last night and found that all have had moisture in them but number 1 was very bad.
Everyone suggested the motor is shagged and would have bent a rod but when I pulled the con rods and pushrods out they all seem fineas you would know they are just over engineered.
The bolts holding the bearing caps on are extremely well made with unique anti rotation slots rolled into them, compare them to a modern chev motor and everything is so much better/larger.
I'm not sure if the blue springs mean anything but with certain 6BG models the blue valve springs indicate no valve rotator.


				
				
				
					
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 as you would know they are just over engineered.





				
				


				
 the rod seem to be straight however I will be checking for any bows or twists on a flat bed and even though the pushrods are very long they seem straight to....the only part for concerns is it looks to be a mark on main journal 4 which is from where a bit of water has seeped in under the bearing however I am hoping it is more of a stain than an indent...I will take some high definition pics so everyone can see but I thinkimay be worrying to much.
				
 

 so dont do this 



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