I have the same engine that I bought from ATK. It was remanufactured by Reviva, who used to be Dealers Diesel.

I was very satisfied for 2650 miles, lots of power.
At 2651 miles the head gasket blew, block cracked.
They replaced the engine, paid for shipping both ways, paid for the swap.
I had to buy the antifreeze and SCA, and I had to pay state sales tax on the swap.
I now have 1000 miles on the second motor.
It has even more power than the first one did, and it is just starting to loosen up from the newly rebuilt stage.
The 2 year unlimited milage warranty and the three inch Walker complete exhaust system make this a better deal.
When I bought my engine I bought a pyrometer and boost guage with the pillar mount from US Diesel.
I would recommend this to be installed with the new engine, the fuel or turbo is not cut back on the motor.
I can run my pyrometer right up to 1100 degrees, have no doubt that I could melt it if I did not back out of the throttle.
Turbo is putting 14 pounds of boost out now, as the motor loosens up it just keeps putting out more and more.

It comes with a dyno sheet that says mine was putting out 190 HP and 420 foot pounds when they tested it at Reviva.

The motor has oil in it, filter is on.
Fuel filter is on and it has fuel in the filter, the pump is primed.
When you hit the key it will start, right now.

For a while I was fairly ****ed at them, now I am not afraid to give them a recomendation.

I spoke with my salesman at ATK and he said they rarely ever have a problem with Reviva's products. So I am starting to think I just got a bad motor first time around.

A stock 7.3 Power Stroke will not mess with me and I already blew a GMC DuraTrash off the road. He had a pallet of shingles on his and I had 4 tons of rock on mine. Embarresed him so bad up a hill he would not even pull up to me at the next light.

Check my gallery if you wanna see what I drive and haul, I am proud of my Ford.

I am also proud of my new engine.

 

Thank you for all the info david, i have a great truck that I have not had any problems with, but it has 180,000 on it, I am doing some awesome cosmetic work on the beast to get it ready to pull a 38 ft Cabin Cruiser to the lake this summer and I want to make sure that I have a back up engine ready to go.I have been totally involved in a start up company that has eaten up my time but I am going to post some pictures soon of what I have done thus far. I custom farm in the summer, but amazingly I had not owned a diesel truck til now, I am sold and will never go back to a gasser, my favorate part is the red fuel!!!! its the outlaw in me I guess!

 

I do not know what happens in Texas if you get caught on the road with red in your tank, but in WVa the fine is more than my total fuel bill for my truck last year. In fact if I did not do the engine swap last year, the fine is more than my total operating expense last year was by more than a thousand dollars.

You should have 70 or 80 thousand left in your motor easily.

http://www.rebuiltdieselengines.com/ford-idi.html

Check the above link
I talked to Tony, if you call him you can say I sent you. They were about 75 dollars cheaper than the other place you said. I did get my pyrometer and boost guage from those other guys though.

 

I do not know what happens in Texas if you get caught on the road with red in your tank, but in WVa the fine is 10 dollars a gallon or 5000 which ever is more. Mine hold 68 gallons so it would cost me 6800 to get caught once.

Last year 20,000 pound tags, tires, fuel, filters, brakes, insurance, u joints, and a couple of other broken parts for my truck was only 6,149 dollars total operating expense. Red fuel would have saved me about 750. I am gonna leave the red fuel alone because I was checked three times last year.

You should have 70 or 80 thousand left in your motor easily.

http://www.rebuiltdieselengines.com/ford-idi.html

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I talked to Tony, if you call him you can say I sent you. They were about 75 dollars cheaper than the other place you said. I did get my pyrometer and boost guage from those other guys though.

Another thought;
If you went to Ford and got a reman motor, the same bunch, Reviva probably did the reman. But Ford will ask for about 3,000 dollars more for the engine.
The turbo upgrade is the only way to go as far as I am concerned, I haul and drag lots of weight. The turbo makes it easy to gross over 20,000 in the mountains of WVa with a 4 speed and 3.55 rears and 33 inch tires. Guess that is the outlaw in me.

 

the fine in TX is $1,500.00 witch is still pretty steep for a couple of tanks of fuel. I only carry the red in an auxilary tank in the bed, I've got a dash switch that I can switch back and forth from the red to the green and the most embarresing part is that I'm not a very good outlaw, I always seem to be buying the green because of lack of red planning. It is in the summer when farming that i get confused if i'm on the road or on the field!
Thanks for the websight and the insight on the engine, I will do that! I love this sight, I have learned more about this truck in a month than I would have in a couple of years of my normal stumbling around for answers.
One other question David, did you go with the serpentine belt set up? I don't remember you commenting on this?

 

I went V belt becaue that was what was on my 86 6.9. That way I got to reuse alternator, power steering, air conditioner compressor, and vacuum pump. Plus I did not have to find pulleys and adjusters I did not have.

I also hate to think 1 belt breaks and everything is gone. I can limp with a broken alternator or power steering belt because the water pump is still turning by the other belt.

Could be interesting to loose power steering and power brakes with a big load on the truck. With v belts I can either steer or stop when the other belt breaks, I like those odds better.

 

A lot of peeps swear by DAS's rebuilds. Very competative pricing on better than new rebuild. The owner, Paul, stands by his products. And I've never heard a bad word spoken about them.

www dieselautoservices com/ford.html

 

Dave, I don't know about your belt logic. I've got the same setup (lots of belts) and I always thought the same thing if one goes the others will be fine. Well long story but I had one break. It Wraped around all the others and before I realized it I'd lost steering, breaks, and everything else.

I'm not saying that it will always happen this way, but its quite possible one bad belt will take them all out.

 

I know what you are saying, but there is a 50% better chance with two main belts than there is with one. So far every time I lost a belt it has gone the other way for me.

 

Thanks for the info, i am moving this week, but will probably go with this manufacturer. Let you know how it turns out!