Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Engine saga continues.....

So the junkyard demanded their engine back and all I was left with was a 3400 with a broken camshaft. Now most of the time when the cam breaks the engine runs so bad that the owner will stop driving the car, but on this engine the owner tried to diagnose the problem himself and kept running the engine. Now the number 2 cam journal is so worn out the block is junk. Clevite or some other company does make a .08" oversized cam bearing set for this problem, but unfortunately the block I have is only useful as a boat anchor. I now have a good crankshaft, good rods, upper and lower intake, oil pan and all the bolts. All I need is a good block, new camshaft and heads. The head department took the heads from my engine to rebuild for another head job so when the junkyard guy showed up to get his engine I didn't have enough parts to give him. I was going to give him the broken cam motor and keep the good motor but I got screwed. So I don't know what I'm going to do about the motor, get a 3400 block and heads (another junkyard motor will cost me around $200 to $400) or rebuild the 2.5 tech IV.

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