- Location
- Southwest IN
Stumbled across this on CL just now, thought of your situation:
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/pts/2564664797.html
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- Thread starter bshaw
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Stumbled across this on CL just now, thought of your situation:
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/pts/2564664797.html
4wdParakeet
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Olathe, Ks
It's a good day when you find out your bus driving **creative explicative** of a boss last day is in less than a week. Life will get better at work at least until the next bosshole shows up.
Parakeet
Parakeet
- Location
- NE Indiana
Thanks.
I need the other motor that you have to call about, but I will call them.
mac 'seems too good to be true' gyvr
XJ&CHZ4ME
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Unionville, MO
Sounds good Chris, hope it all works out for ya. Luckily I have a pretty good set of higher up supervisors and things run pretty smooth most of the time, but I have had my share of difficult supervisors over the years.
Cheese "light at the end of the tunnel" Man
- Location
- Columbus, In
Not two weeks, but maybe 2 months. Its not a POS like my MJ though. I want to do a little work to it and flip it. Its staying stock height though. Drove it last night and it runs down the road nice and has plenty of power left at 192k. But its an XJ, i'll probably keep it.
96 XJ Sport
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- Location
- Bardstown, KY
I've asked him to measure the door opening and inside of the trailer to confirm. I know that he ordered it 6" taller than their standard height, just not sure what the standard is.
- Location
- NE Indiana
I called them. They are about what the junk yard wants for a 100k + motor for a remained motor. $2099 for a long block. The other place I got a quote on a remain was $2700. Jasper wants $3630.
My dad thinks we can rebuild it for cheaper...I'm telling him that in the long run its not going to be that much cheaper and these newer motors with the crazy way you have to set up the valve train and such just isn't worth the hassle...plus it will be in my garage less time if we just swap assessories over to the new motor.
mac 'now to sell it to him' gyvr
- Location
- Southwest IN
Not cheap any way you slice it. This is part of the reason I'm shopping around for a replacement for our Durango. If the 4.7 ever lets go, it will cost more than the value of the vehicle to rebuild/replace. It still runs great with no funny noises, but it's pushing 165k, burns 1.5 quarts of oil every 3k and it's just a matter of time. 4.7s are great engines, but for whatever reason they're cast out of solid gold.
No rest for the wicked. Looks like I need to be online 0400-0800 both Saturday *AND* Sunday mornings. At the moment (and I'm not going to completely believe this yet,) I can do all of this remotely. There's always a possibility that I may have to be on site.
- Location
- NE Indiana
Keep oil in it.
That guy on the craigslist ad said that they have some odd oiling issues and the oil doesn't get to the 7/8 cylinders as well so eventually as the oiling passages get grime in them it starved those cylinders and then...
cash for clunkers made them worth gold
mac 'prices to rebuild and machine work aren't cheap either' gyvr
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
That's what I do... shop for a cheap replacement / spare motor before I actually need one. And host other
member's parts rigs. I never need to worry about a spare part, just getting home to it :roflmao:I have my spare 4.0 (out of a 95, cost me 75 bucks) in storage, a friend's rebuilt with 30k on it under a piece of poly sheeting on my back porch (he wants more than I am willing to pay for a spare, but in an emergency...), and two other friend's parts rigs around that I'm sure I could buy a motor out of if I really had to. I've been buying parts off one of them for months, he drove it to my place to part it out and basically shows up to pull things off when he has a buyer, so if I need something I just text him to ask what his price is and then pull it myself. Works out great :gee:
that blows... that kind of schedule I usually stay up for instead of waking up for.
As a rule, I can't. Might for these, these should be fairly simple.
Then again, I'm also getting dragged into another emergency change at 7:00 PM tonight.
altrocker1
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Iowa
anyone know where to get cheap coroplast sheets (corrugated plastic). i'm in the market for some...i found them locally, but they are just a bit more than i want to spend
- Location
- 29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W
I bet Flex doesn't but will chime in anyway....
- Location
- Columbus, In
96 XJ Sport
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bardstown, KY
altrocker1
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- Location
- Iowa
yea! used air compressor installed in 20 minutes curtosey of collin...back in bidness
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
I'm surprised you didn't break at least one of the bolts holding it down. Those suckers love to seize in place on my jeeps, I've never pulled an AC comp without twisting off at least one bolt.
Fortunately it twisted off a couple inches up and it was on the corner right at the front of the engine block, which is under compression from the belt, so I just used the stub as a locating stud :eyes:
Fortunately it twisted off a couple inches up and it was on the corner right at the front of the engine block, which is under compression from the belt, so I just used the stub as a locating stud :eyes:
- Location
- Southwest IN
Yep, I'm religious on checking it every time I fuel it up (which is quite a bit unfortunately) and I run semi-synthetic oil. It's been in our family since it was a year old and since I've owned it the oil has been changed every 3k.
Trying to make it last as long as I can, but the 10-12mpg in town is getting old. Might be minivan time :smsoap:
w_howey
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- Location
- The Mudwest
