The original was a 53 block and it cracked it didnt have only about 200,000 miles on it there are 5 53 blocks right in this area that are cracked . I traded for a replacement block it was actually another 53 out of an automatic truck that had 650,000 miles on it that hadnt cracked but I didnt want to chance reusing that block . I have another 1998 3500 with a 24 valve thats a 53 block with over 340,000 miles and no cracks . Crummins got away with a pretty good trick on that 53 block deal . I had actually repaired the crack but then as luck would have it I lost an oil cooler and filled the crankcase with antifreeze and lost a rod bearing. When I drained the oil 2 gallon of antifreeze came Out that was clean you could of reused it
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Today's Featured Article - Recollections of a John Deere GP - by Charlie Cook. I grew up on my dad's 280 acre general farm in Western Michigan. Dad's only tractor when I was very young was the old GP. My first recollection of this tractor was when dad allowed my brother and myself to ride on the tractor with him driving. One of us would sit on the left fender (away from the clutch) and other would sit on the gas tank and hold onto the crankcase breather pipe.
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