New here and first time replying to a post , just started a detroit diesel project , been wanting to do this for years when my family had a dealership for detroit diesel over 25 years ago , closed it then when my father passed away , grew up around them from the early sixties on , might explane why I am half deaf , htis one is a 3-53 gama goat into ford ranger , two wheel drive and keeping it light for max mpg , the engine I stumbbled across was a O/H unit that has been stored for years , everything is new inside and will give me many years of sevice , will start a new thread on the build along with photos , I have gathered a lote of info from this site for my R &D (rob and duplicate )for my project , Have a good one , Blaine in Mississippi