crate motor?

[argve]

Rob,

as you know I have done both rebuild and drop in - price difference wasn't much at all. I vowed to never do another rebuild again after doing the long block because time wise it wonderfull - unwrap it and you can enjoy it in a couple of days later. Plus I got a warm fuzzy feeling that I had a warranty.

 

[69oiler]

i did see that on Ebay, thanks to those who pointed it out to me.

i will be watching it for sure.

there is a certain amount of pride that goes along with building one yourself, just like the pride that went with my former '86 never seeing a mechanic's shop in the 8 years i owned it aside from 1 wheel alignment. but when it comes to the actual heart of the truck, the engine, i would rather have someone with experience put it together.

this truck is going to be around for a while.

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

Rob if your intyerested I have a 6.9 with cracked heads./
and Gruss's burnt 7.3 is still around

 

[69oiler]

got me the ebay reman coming my way. should be here Wednesday. 1900 shipped.

 

[RLDSL]

I put in an engine that had been rebuilt. 5000 miles later an incorrectly installed freeze plug walked out ( apparently the shop was so impressed with their own abilities that they didn't need to purchase the special tool needed to install the freeze plugs on these things correctly)
When I got the engine back out on the stand I found so much other mickey mouse junk I didn't even want to fool with them

This time I rebuilt it myself. It took me quite a while, heck, I'm half crippled, everything takes me a long time, almost 8 months, but last week it was back on the road and we went on a nice vacation towing the 5er and for the first time since I've owned that truck, the only fluid consumed was fuel and it FINALLY runs GREAT

It's getting really hard to find anyone to do a decent job on much of anything anymore. The promar engines are getting a pretty good reputation....but now I've got a friend with less than a year on one of those down under warranty

-----------Robert