"Birddog" (maintmgt)
09/09/2014 at 20:18 • Filed to: None
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"Birddog" (maintmgt)
09/09/2014 at 20:18 • Filed to: None | 0
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It's hard to see in the pic. But when the piston failed it wedged itself between the crank and the main girdle.
The result was a cracked Main Bearing Cap.
Now, couple that with the damage done to the bore by a wrist pin flailing around with no piston.
And this block is trash.
I'm not up for line honing and sleeving a Jeep 4.0. Normally it would be no problem.
But..
I recently found out that the subdivision I currently rent in will be condemned/bulldozed come June 2015.
Time to go ultra cheap and stuff a Scrapyard 4.0 in it and leave hope for the best.
What really bugs me is that I'm being forced to compromise on both the house I (actually) buy and the car I drive.
Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
> Birddog
09/09/2014 at 20:24 |
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Where do you live (city/state?)
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Birddog
> Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
09/09/2014 at 20:28 |
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Just outside Davenport, Iowa.
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Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
> Birddog
09/09/2014 at 20:30 |
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Do you know why they are bulldozing your area??? Area renewal?
Party-vi
> Birddog
09/09/2014 at 20:32 |
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Renix or HO? I've got a Renix 4.6L stroker from Titan that makes 260hp. It's been sitting in my parent's garage for over a year. I've got the oil pan, valve cover, water neck, water pump, etc. for it as well.
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Birddog
> Party-vi
09/09/2014 at 20:38 |
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Oh, I wish I could. It's an HO/Powertech in an 02 GC. The "new" 4.0 block.
Spaze
> Birddog
09/09/2014 at 20:42 |
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Those 4.0's are silly cheap. I think I had 2800 into my 4.6L stroker.... Just find a free (cheap) motor and rebuild it.
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Birddog
> Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
09/09/2014 at 20:45 |
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Pretty much a renewal. There's been a battle since before I moved here. It revolves around the sewer system and The State Park next door.
I'm betting on a future Golf course but my neighbors think they want summer rental cabins.
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Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
> Birddog
09/09/2014 at 20:52 |
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:( still not cool
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Party-vi
> Birddog
09/09/2014 at 22:55 |
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Well poop. Good luck finding a replacement block - they should be damn near in every junk yard you can find.