I am thinking of rebuilding one myself. Partly to replace my engine with
200K miles on it, and partly to learn how to rebuild engines. I figure
there probably is not an engine easier to work on that the 258. Who has
done a rebuild and point me to so good information of where to get started,
what to expect, and how much a self build will really cost?


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Bve9d.252360$787.32957@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Or you could try:
> http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...st_search.html
>
> 7yr./70K warranty about 1114.00 plus core.
>
> Eric
>
> "Charlie Dellacona" <cdellacona@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X8d9d.205608$D%.186782@attbi_s51...
>> My 87YJ's engine is tired. Blowby, burning oil and low compression
>> on a couple of cylinders.
>>
>> Everything else is on the engine is pretty good though.
>>
>> I am thinking about getting a rebuilt longblock. I live in
>> New Hampshire, but I'd rather have one from a place that
>> does a lot of them rather than someone local.
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with a place they'd recommend?
>>
>> --Charlie
>>
>>
>
>

 

I am thinking of rebuilding one myself. Partly to replace my engine with
200K miles on it, and partly to learn how to rebuild engines. I figure
there probably is not an engine easier to work on that the 258. Who has
done a rebuild and point me to so good information of where to get started,
what to expect, and how much a self build will really cost?


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Bve9d.252360$787.32957@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Or you could try:
> http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...st_search.html
>
> 7yr./70K warranty about 1114.00 plus core.
>
> Eric
>
> "Charlie Dellacona" <cdellacona@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X8d9d.205608$D%.186782@attbi_s51...
>> My 87YJ's engine is tired. Blowby, burning oil and low compression
>> on a couple of cylinders.
>>
>> Everything else is on the engine is pretty good though.
>>
>> I am thinking about getting a rebuilt longblock. I live in
>> New Hampshire, but I'd rather have one from a place that
>> does a lot of them rather than someone local.
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with a place they'd recommend?
>>
>> --Charlie
>>
>>
>
>

 

I am thinking of rebuilding one myself. Partly to replace my engine with
200K miles on it, and partly to learn how to rebuild engines. I figure
there probably is not an engine easier to work on that the 258. Who has
done a rebuild and point me to so good information of where to get started,
what to expect, and how much a self build will really cost?


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Bve9d.252360$787.32957@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Or you could try:
> http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...st_search.html
>
> 7yr./70K warranty about 1114.00 plus core.
>
> Eric
>
> "Charlie Dellacona" <cdellacona@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X8d9d.205608$D%.186782@attbi_s51...
>> My 87YJ's engine is tired. Blowby, burning oil and low compression
>> on a couple of cylinders.
>>
>> Everything else is on the engine is pretty good though.
>>
>> I am thinking about getting a rebuilt longblock. I live in
>> New Hampshire, but I'd rather have one from a place that
>> does a lot of them rather than someone local.
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with a place they'd recommend?
>>
>> --Charlie
>>
>>
>
>

 

The quality there is mediocre. I bought my rebuild from them, and the first
one they sent had a bad cylinder (about 100 PSI is all it could build up).
They ship you another before you have to ship the bad one back, but it's
still a pain to pull that engine again...

Other than that, their customer service was good. No complaints there at
all.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

Eric Shade (augnero@hotmail.com) wrote on Thursday 07 October 2004 11:52 am:

> Or you could try:
> http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...st_search.html
>
> 7yr./70K warranty about 1114.00 plus core.
>
> Eric
>
> "Charlie Dellacona" <cdellacona@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X8d9d.205608$D%.186782@attbi_s51...
>> My 87YJ's engine is tired. Blowby, burning oil and low compression
>> on a couple of cylinders.
>>
>> Everything else is on the engine is pretty good though.
>>
>> I am thinking about getting a rebuilt longblock. I live in
>> New Hampshire, but I'd rather have one from a place that
>> does a lot of them rather than someone local.
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with a place they'd recommend?
>>
>> --Charlie
>>
>>

 

The quality there is mediocre. I bought my rebuild from them, and the first
one they sent had a bad cylinder (about 100 PSI is all it could build up).
They ship you another before you have to ship the bad one back, but it's
still a pain to pull that engine again...

Other than that, their customer service was good. No complaints there at
all.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

Eric Shade (augnero@hotmail.com) wrote on Thursday 07 October 2004 11:52 am:

> Or you could try:
> http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...st_search.html
>
> 7yr./70K warranty about 1114.00 plus core.
>
> Eric
>
> "Charlie Dellacona" <cdellacona@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X8d9d.205608$D%.186782@attbi_s51...
>> My 87YJ's engine is tired. Blowby, burning oil and low compression
>> on a couple of cylinders.
>>
>> Everything else is on the engine is pretty good though.
>>
>> I am thinking about getting a rebuilt longblock. I live in
>> New Hampshire, but I'd rather have one from a place that
>> does a lot of them rather than someone local.
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with a place they'd recommend?
>>
>> --Charlie
>>
>>

 

The quality there is mediocre. I bought my rebuild from them, and the first
one they sent had a bad cylinder (about 100 PSI is all it could build up).
They ship you another before you have to ship the bad one back, but it's
still a pain to pull that engine again...

Other than that, their customer service was good. No complaints there at
all.
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer, 1891

Eric Shade (augnero@hotmail.com) wrote on Thursday 07 October 2004 11:52 am:

> Or you could try:
> http://www.rebuilt-auto-engines.com/...st_search.html
>
> 7yr./70K warranty about 1114.00 plus core.
>
> Eric
>
> "Charlie Dellacona" <cdellacona@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:X8d9d.205608$D%.186782@attbi_s51...
>> My 87YJ's engine is tired. Blowby, burning oil and low compression
>> on a couple of cylinders.
>>
>> Everything else is on the engine is pretty good though.
>>
>> I am thinking about getting a rebuilt longblock. I live in
>> New Hampshire, but I'd rather have one from a place that
>> does a lot of them rather than someone local.
>>
>> Anybody have any experience with a place they'd recommend?
>>
>> --Charlie
>>
>>

 

I learned a long time ago that you are better off with a junkyard pull
than most commercially overhauled auto engines. If you want to rebuild
it yourself (farming out the machine work) it's educational and
enjoyable but the first time cost for tools can be high and the
learning curve is definitely there. It's always better to buy a runout
junkyard core (or a whole vehicle but not a Jeep) and rebuild that
instead of your existing engine as long as the old one runs at all.

Apparently it's no big deal to convert a electronic 4 liter to
distributor and carb if you don't want to go the electronic route.

 

I learned a long time ago that you are better off with a junkyard pull
than most commercially overhauled auto engines. If you want to rebuild
it yourself (farming out the machine work) it's educational and
enjoyable but the first time cost for tools can be high and the
learning curve is definitely there. It's always better to buy a runout
junkyard core (or a whole vehicle but not a Jeep) and rebuild that
instead of your existing engine as long as the old one runs at all.

Apparently it's no big deal to convert a electronic 4 liter to
distributor and carb if you don't want to go the electronic route.

 

I learned a long time ago that you are better off with a junkyard pull
than most commercially overhauled auto engines. If you want to rebuild
it yourself (farming out the machine work) it's educational and
enjoyable but the first time cost for tools can be high and the
learning curve is definitely there. It's always better to buy a runout
junkyard core (or a whole vehicle but not a Jeep) and rebuild that
instead of your existing engine as long as the old one runs at all.

Apparently it's no big deal to convert a electronic 4 liter to
distributor and carb if you don't want to go the electronic route.