I wound up with a rebuilt TV6141 turbo, an exhaust manifold and an air intake. But when I got everything home I quickly realized it wouldn’t work with our set up. After some research I found up that the exhaust manifold and air intake were setup for a cab over Jimmy, like the one in this pic...

These parts are for sale cheap by the way

Like anything else this was a learning experience for me start I starting doing more research and asking questions. I was discussing my situation one night at our local ATCA meeting and Kevin Lewis mentioned he knew where a 671 was complete with a turbo. Sure enough it was right in a junkyard in Scranton so a week later we caught up for breakfast on a Saturday morning and headed to the yard. And this is what we found there...


With the exception of some previous damage to the air inlet it was complete and the yard was willing to sell just the exhaust manifold and air inlet. So we removed all of the pieces and since the motor was still in a frame, we slid the old turbo under the oil pan.

Fast forward to last summer... I was having some issues with erratic oil pressure and decided to remove the oil pan and inspect the bearings along with the oil pump. It turns out the relief valve was not seating well in oil pressure regulator and the bronze bearings (or bushings) within the oil pump were extremely tight. So we reseated the relief valve with some valve grinding compound, added a shim behind the spring and reamed the bushings for the oil pump gear shaft.


More to follow...