Chevrolet Silverado RUSSIA need help

[Katsura]

Originally Posted by cjlinkster

This thread has sparked my interest...

Katsura, what kind of 1/2 or 3/4 ton trucks do you guys have over there? Post us a picture of what they look like. Do you ever see any Unimogs?

For $5000, I would want to find a truck in nicer shape. However you maybe able to haggle the seller down to $4000?

So you are from Belarus, do you happen to work at the tractor factory there? It's supposed to be the largest tractor factory in the world.

Pickups in former USSR countries is extremly rare vihicle. First, and I think, main reason, that in the USSR they didn't have private farms or smth like this. Everything was common, collective and they didn't need a small trucks.
Pickups, as I understand, is an american invention, and it's yours marks "1/2, 3/4 ton" - we don't have any specification here, only trucks' carring capacity.

The ONLY real pickup was produced from 1939. GAZ M415, but anyway it was on FORD Model B base. USA was allways pioneer in car-manufacturing, so it's should be surprice.
Here is some pics:

[juiceman650]

That's a neat little truck! And that's a nice find, I didn't think there'd be C10s in Russia, they seem like a rarity.
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[irishman999]

Originally Posted by Katsura

Fuel cost is not a problem for today. Previos owner says that it runs ~18 mpg. I think, it's not too much for 6,2..
Irishman, would you please explain me about possible problems with motor one more time. I'm not very good at technical English, so please talk to me like you are to explain it to 6-years boy (bold 120 kg weight boy with beard)...

This car is running now. And my feelings that the technical condition is very nice. But with the little nuance: if you push the acceleration pedal to hard/quick (like for burnout for example or quick start {so hard to find english word}) engine will stop. Looks like it swallow air. The problem isn't looks too serious, but may be it's just beggining... Can't even imagine..

Haha, your English seems fine to me. If there is sentences that don't make sense just quote them and maybe I can explain it differently.

Alot of determining if a 6.2 is junk or not is during starting the engine. Alot of the engines get destroyed by people using starting fluid on them. If the engine starts easily and does not smoke when its warmed up you have a good 6.2 diesel. I was about to swap a used one into my pickup and this is what some 6.2 enthusiasts told me to do.

The stalling problem could be something easy, I seem to remember something about the timing chains stretching out and messing with the fuel timing.

[Edahall]

Another thing that destroys the 6.2L is a bad harmonic balancer. The rubber on the harmonic balancer only lasts about 10 years before it starts to crack and degenerate. If it were my 6.2L, I would replace the harmonic balancer with a Fluid Damper. The 6.2L is susceptible to bottom end failures and it helps to get things as well balanced as possible.

[INSIDIOUS '86]

if i were you i would do some homework and call some american parts companys like LMC TRUCK and CLASSIC INDUSTRIES, ORIGANAL PARTS GROUP (OPG) and such and see if the can ship parts internationaly to you and what that cost would be, as im sure you would be interested in fixing it up right?