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Have you done a compression check on all cylinders to make sure you are dealing with only one bad piston? Was the engine burning oil?
When you tear down an engine that far then you ask yourself, should I replace the timing chains, water pump, etc. and the job tends to grow. It's a tough situation. Where to go now depends a lot on your mechanic skills.
It appears nobody has bought a reman engine lately. I have been watching youtube videos showing how to remove and replace an engine. It's a lot of work, but can be done by lifting the body or lifting the engine out the top if you remove enough stuff. The last time I pulled the engine out of my 1965 Chevelle, it took me one hour from shutting off the engine. I did a minor rebuild of that 327 V8, having a machine shop vat the block, stripped heads, intake, install new freeze plugs, cam bearings, polish the crank, install new rings on the pistons, and grind the valve seats. They told me to put standard bearings back in it. I ground the valves in the Ft. Bliss army base craft shop and put it back together for the cost of about $98 way back in 1968! I was clearing about $125/month as a PFC in the Army! And worked kp on the weekends for other guys for $10/day to help pay for my engine. KP started at 03:00am and lasted until 9:00pm.
Ok, so I think I will be getting it done, just not immediately.
That $4719 includes: $1200 for r/r, $100 for coolant/oil, that $2800 for the motor, and over $500 in taxes. -- so not out of line. My mechanic says it has a million mile parts warranty, and a 7 year labor warranty.
sHow times have changed.
Computer control, dual overhead cams, variable valve timing, computer battery control, different OBDII control system and the list goes on.
It only get worse for trying your own work.
A good tech is worth his money and not getting paid enough beside the dealers won't let him work to the level he 'could'.
That's what the customer has to look forward to.
Ford's poor product testing and designs have finally caught up.
They can't even introduce a new model without complication.
All that is needed is to look up the stock price and read the back ground..
Think a lessons has been learned?
They are changing management like change socks.
Sorry to make such a post but it is what it is.
Good luck.
Last edited by Bluegrass; Feb 29, 2020 at 02:39 PM.
You are really going to believe the million-mile warranty talk?
Ever have chicken milk in your coffee?
If that is the warranty, then that is the warranty. I don't care if it goes out @ 999,999 ---- that's still under warranty...... IF I am dropping $4719 on this, the warranty will be honored.... If it lasts that long.... I don't think powertrainproducts.net has bad motors though. they are remanufactured, which is not the same as rebuilt. And I trust that my mechanic will honor the 7 year labor warranty as well.
Back in 1996 when I started working temporary engineering contract jobs, I met an older EE contractor who had bought an 84 Cadillac Eldorado for his main transportation at a cost of about $2500. Not long after buying it, the infamous 4.1L V8 failed and he had it replaced for about $5,000. Shortly thereafter, the trans failed and a reman cost about $2500. So, it would appear to most people that he was wasting his money, but he drove that luxurious Cadillac another 150,000 miles the last I heard. So, repairing a vehicle is sometimes well worth the money if you keep it and get the service out of it. A new truck with the options we like would cost about $40,000 and as others have said, they aren't as reliable as the 2002 models when new. Decisions! Decisions!
In 1996, my only vehicle was a 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlos SS. It had started burning oil at 107K miles. After getting to my first contract job in NE, I had to remove the #8 spark plug every two weeks to clean the carbon off the bridged over plug. So, I had a chevy dealer install a new 3yr, 36k warranty GM Goodwrench 350 cu in engine in place of the OE 305. They were cheap $1250 engines made in Mexico. That engine was replaced under warranty at 5k miles due to excessive oil burning. The second engine lasted 10k miles before the oil burning caused another replacement. By this time I had bought another car and the MC was a backup. If the MC sat for a month or so, it would smoke up the neighborhood when started, so the valve guides were too loose or they failed to install valve seals. So, all 3 new engines were duds. I ended up selling the car to a young guy and his Dad who fixed up old chevys. My mistake was going with a cheap engine. I should have either had my 305 rebuilt or bought a better engine. At that time Chevy sold a couple better more powerful 350 engines that probably would have given good service.
When I worked in Homestead, FL for 3 1/2 yrs. I rode my motorcycle to work a lot. It's an 85 Kawasaki ZN700. I found it when I worked in WI as part of an estate. It only had 1k miles on it in 2009 when I bought it. In this photo, it still has the original tires that looked almost like new. I did replace them before riding it too much. Now, I just ride it around town running errands.
More recently I picked up this 1989 Yamaha Venture that had only 6k miles on it.
And then I picked up this 2007 Yamaha Venture with 23k miles on it. I plan to sell two of my bikes this summer. But, I haven't decided which two to sell.
