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Old 04-04-2019, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldmactech View Post
Thanks. Always wondered. I suppose if I had to I could replace the block (wouldn’t know how to tell if a block was good or not) swap the guts in (never done before).

Sad that my Father-in-law is no longer living, he’d get me through it.

Finding several reasonable priced engines -$800 for 150k miles. Trouble is won’t deliver to residence.

Still hoping the helicoil surgery will work but keeping my options fresh.


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All in all the swap isn’t too difficult. Once you have the block drop it off at any local engine shop and have them do a tank and test to make sure the block is sound, shouldn’t be too costly, last I had done was $200 with no machining. After that measure the cylinder bore and pistons, just to be safe then put everything back together with new bearings and rings and vwala! - short Block reassembled and ready to go.

With regard to delivering to a residence... I had that same issue so I snagged myself a vendors license for $10 (all online in Ohio anyway) and setup a shop name with my address as the place of business [emoji16]
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