Posted by John in La on January 11, 2011 at 19:21:00 from (68.222.11.184):
Finding a real mechanic amongst the crowd of parts changers can be hard.
My 80 year old dad has a 1998 Ford V6 p/u with about 60k original miles. Called and said he thinks the motor spun a rod bearing. Since I do not have time to work on it I told him to get a quote and I would pay to have it repaired.
Has called 6 places. 3 said they do not do major jobs and the other 3 will only replace the entire motor but will not fix our motor. In fact they will not even replace the short block; has to be entire motor. I guess their parts changers do not know how to rebuild motors. Quoted 2k to put a junk yard motor in with a 1 year warranty and 3k to put a rebuilt motor in with a 3 year warranty.
So am I wrong for looking for a place that will rebuild our motor. It only has 60k miles; does not use oil; and ran well up until the spun bearing. I am figuring; grind or replace my crank depending on condition; put in a complete set of rod and main bearings; and maybe replace 1 rod if needed. Leave the heads; pistons; rings; alone.
A rebuilt motor just does not set well with me. It will most likely have shaved heads; oversized pistons; and who knows what else done to it so it will run. Now if our motor had 100k plus miles on it I could see replacing the entire motor but it does not.
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