Greetings,
Just picked up a 88' Montero and brought it back to
the vineyard. Pristine but the engine had a warped head
and it was scrapped by TDPO. So I'm scrapping the rest of
the block and gas hardware. I've got a D50 4D53 with a
blown head gasket and my plan is to yank them both and
do a swap. I need to pull both engines and rebuild the
diesel. But should I pull the diesel engine out before
doing a head gasket job... Or just put it on an engine
and go all the way through it.

Ray
In the Pacific Wonderland
95 Montero 5 spd
87 Raider 2.6 5 spd
65 MG Midget
2002 Integra GSR (wife's car)