Hi all, newbie here.

We have a ford ranger with a 4D55T diesel engine in it. I have yet to tear into the engine, but from what the driver told me, it has a blown head gasket (not leaky, BLOWN), it was towed home and has no compression while cranking.

Being and aluminum head, it may not be reusable, and since there are not many 4D55s in canada, I was wondering if a head from a more common 4D56 will fit, and if so what has to change (can I keep the intake and exhause manifolds?)? Has anyone ever done this swap before???

PS, does ARP make a head stud kit fore these engines?