- Fully Remanufactured  Diesel Engines. For Truck, equipment, Marine
- All connecting rods are resized at bearing housing ends, pin-ends of rods all rebushed and     honed to specifications.
- Engine block bored & finish-honed .021 oversize. All Block Decks Resurfaced
- Both heads surface-ground.
- All rocker arms refaced. New 15mm Head Bolts. New Camshaft Bearings
- Heads have new valves, guides & springs. New Injector Tubes (sleeves) Installed
- Mahle pistons & rings, Clevite engine bearings.
- New silicone pan gasket, New Injectors , new water pump, hoses & clamps, thermostats.
- SAE #2 flywheel & flywheel housing (for clutch).
  Reman Turbo Charger
  Timing Precision adjusted, Governor and Injector Control Racks Set. All Engines Test Ran 3 hrs, MIN
 

8.2 Liter Detroit Diesel Fuel Pincher was DDA's first venture into the 4 cycle diesel engine market. The first few years of operation the engine had several short comings. The head bolts were too small (14MM) to assure proper head torque. They we upgraded to 15MM head bolts with  torque-turn procedure. This helped a lot. One of the other problems were that the block has a open block deck. (see photo Below). This made engine prone to head gasket problems, the block deck must be flat.

The real problem with these engine is not the engine, but the people who work on them. It's always puzzled us that these are called "junk engines" or "throw away".  Most mechanics want you to change or repower to a engine that "they" understand.   Never made any sense to us.

Even the tune-up on these engines when remanufactured must be done twice. Once for first start up and again after engine has reached operating temperature.  As heat makes the settings change.  Trying to do these in the vehicle or unit is a guarantee that a mistake will be make.  That is why we test run each unit a minimum of 3 hours and reset and re-tune engine at operating temperature.

We custom remanufacture these engines one by one. We do not build these engines ahead of time as the applications are so different. There are at least 30 different setups for these engines, natural, turbo, turbo after cooled, industrial, marine, truck, plus many more. So we build to order to fit your application. We can supply finished engine in 5 to 7 days.

If your engine has a couple of hundred thousand miles on it chances are a "head job" or head gaskets are not going to fix your problems. I get calls daily from people who spend thousands of dollars on this type of repair and accomplish nothing.  I only know of a couple of people who understand and are able to diagnosis and repair these engines.  I have customers who have had head(s) installed 3 to 4 times and did not get 100 miles after the repair. That's because you need to have extensive experience in these engines. For what it costs to have repairs done you can almost get a total remanufactured engine

 You will notice in the beginning video of block decking that the 1st couple of passes it appears to be 'skipping' parts of surface this is because the wheel is cutting the pulled up bolt bosses on block. If this process in short cutted than you have wasted your time and money

 In the course of repairing head gasket the repairing mechanic not having access to the proper tooling would remove and replace head gasket and off you go. The problem is anytime you remove a head the complete engine must be retuned. This involves setting the injector timing and setting the injector rack (fuel control). If not done properly the engine will have some cylinders getting more or less fuel than the others. This in turn causes piston detonation and engine failure.

Be sure your mechanic bleeds cooling system before you use vehicle under load. When the thermostats first open it drains radiator coolant to block. If not topped off engine WILL overheat and serious damage may result.

The 300HP Marine Version with after cooler has special pistons installed and high flow Injector and the timing is different. Truck engine will not perform well and will damage pistons and lead to total engine failure

BEWARE of USED ENGINES. I have talked to more people who have spent thousands of dollars on these good used engines just to find out they are no better or in most cases, worst than the engines they are replacing. It seems that boat owners with these engines are the most prone to the used engine thing. Most of them end up here after much expense prior.

Complete Process Click Here Includes  Videos

People have looked at this page