Down here in the southerly Canadian province (the one with 48 states
within it), reman shortblocks retail for about US$1200 (plus core). Add
your own head and accessories. I understand what you're thinking, though.
I recently passed on the offer for sale of a 91 Cherokee in great shape --
except the engine sounds like a dozen empty coffee cans rolling around
inside a clothes dryer. After counting on my fingers a bit I realized
that I could get it and put in a rebuilt engine and spend about US3500 on
a car worth 3K.


On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, cooper wrote:

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> A while ago I bought an '87 YJ with the intention of either running it in
> the winter and saving my '94 YJ from the salt, or building it into an
> offroad beast. I bought it in the summer of '01, and it... ran.
>
> It needs a new motor. The one in there now looks like spaghetti, has metal
> flakes in the oil (when it actually holds oil) and can't hold a charge for
> nothing. It sounds like a freshman band class when it's running. The tranny
> is smooth, brakes are new, new cat (universal) and exhaust... but I'm at a
> loss where to look for a motor.
>
> I called a few shops and the prices range from 2400-2600 installed, the
> motor being around 1200. I hear of people getting a rebuilt 258 for like 500
> bucks! My goal this summer is to take care of the ol' Beater and finally get
> it running.
>
> Where do I start looking?
>
> coop
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