Turbo rebuild

[n_mathews13]

Rebuilding a '01 7.3 stock turbo.
Any advice before I buy my parts?
Plan to put aftermarket wheel and a non-wastegate housing in. Anything else on the cheaper side of things while I'm in there you can think of?

[JJB11B]

take that tube off the back of the Turbo pedestal, thread the hole and put a pipe plug in it, they leak if you don't and its not necessary, according to a 7.3 nut friend of mind that is an 'Extreme cold weather option' we plugged mine and it never leaked again.

of course I did switch to a Turbonetics 96MM turbo after my stock one grenaded

[brush hunter]

Throw it away and replace it with a new turbo. Or find a good shop to rebuild it, or have you rebuilt it before? When you mention cheaper, all I think of is it's going to last till after the first start up. This is not a part you use the cheapest stuff you can find. Although it is only a 7.3, You could save even more going to U-Pull it, They have plenty of them.

[JJB11B]

Throw it away and replace it with a new turbo. Or find a good shop to rebuild it, or have you rebuilt it before? When you mention cheaper, all I think of is it's going to last till after the first start up. This is not a part you use the cheapest stuff you can find. Although it is only a 7.3, You could save even more going to U-Pull it, They have plenty of them.

Spaldings and or Pull and Save in Spokane or Anderson Auto Parts in Walla Walla, Pasco Auto wrecking in Pasco....hope that helps the OP

[n_mathews13]

I deleted the ebpv with a new pedestal awhile ago.
I would love to get new turbo. But I'm going to collage for new career change so trying to minimize somewhat unnecessary cost. Turbo is plenty for me at this stage, I have a boost leak that I can't pin down so was going that route . 

[n_mathews13]

Throw it away and replace it with a new turbo. Or find a good shop to rebuild it, or have you rebuilt it before? When you mention cheaper, all I think of is it's going to last till after the first start up. This is not a part you use the cheapest stuff you can find. Although it is only a 7.3, You could save even more going to U-Pull it, They have plenty of them.

No need to throw it away. It don't cost much to rebuild one. My dad has but to be honest it doesn't look all that hard.
Been talking to clay at riff raff, doing what he suggested at this point in life.

[bullfisher]

Be careful, you CAN screw it up. A good turbo shop will also balance that shaft. Keep in mind, they spin around 130,000 rpm.

[coachcw]

give adp a call 425 291-3999 cliff is the guy. or hatch and kirk .

[n_mathews13]

give adp a call 425 291-3999 cliff is the guy. or hatch and kirk .

Adp?

[brush hunter]

Be careful, you CAN screw it up. A good turbo shop will also balance that shaft. Keep in mind, they spin around 130,000 rpm.

This is good advice

[KFhunter]

I've ot a 1995 Dodge 12v I need to replace the turbo as well.  I was thinking about going with a turbo cartridge option. 

I caught it very early though so it hasn't chewed into the housing. 


http://www.dieselpowerproducts.com/p-11559-rotomaster-hx35w-new-turbo-cartridge-assembly-94-98-59l-dodge-cummins.aspx

[KFhunter]

looks like a piece of cake to change just the cartridge. 

remove intake boot, pull the snap ring off the intake housing, unbolt the exhaust housing, pull the oil lines, bolt on cartridge to exhaust housing, replace oil lines, snap ring intake side, unplug shut off valve, crank engine for a while, plug in shut off valve, start engine, watch it spin awhile, check oil pressure, replace intake boot = done!

Nice thing is you don't need to take the exhaust side off, leave it bolted to the manifold and leave the down pipe alone too. 


At least for the Cummins setup. 

[n_mathews13]

So if you were to buy new , what would you get for a 7.3?  Any experience with d66

[Happy Gilmore]

Dieselpowerproducts.com seems to have a good variety of options. They have rebuilt turbos at a seemingly good price.

[syoungs]

I ordered everything from riff raff on mine, new balanced shaft, new wheel, rebuild kit with 360deg thrust bearing, and new up pipe gaskets.

not hard at all to rebuild, ive done 5 or so of them, only problem I ever had was one of the 12pt bolts backing out after about 1200 miles. I recommend buying new bolts for the 4 in the center section, never had an issue with them after I started replacing those 4 with new.
Id venture a guess that ive got over 150k miles on between the 4 that I have built with 0 issues, the 1st one I built needed to have the bolts in the center sectioned tightened back up, but I didn't even need to pull the turbo to fix it.