79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
Would you guys buy a used engine from craigslist?
I need to get my ford running, and if I wait to build it the way I want, its gonna take forever, and I dont want the thing to sit and rot. I need it running so I can use it. I'll concentrate on the 347 later.
Some of them are from shops, some private party. I recently got burned from a yard on a 100K mile 302 that had over an 1/8th inch of copper in the pan. I pull a main and rod cap, and bearings were toast. Because of that I'm somewhat reluctant to try used again, but there are piles of them on CL now in the $300 range with far less miles than most anything from a yard.
Sucks that because of the stupid ford design, I cant do a compression test once the engine is pulled, since the starter bolts to the bellhousing, not the block.
I need to get my ford running, and if I wait to build it the way I want, its gonna take forever, and I dont want the thing to sit and rot. I need it running so I can use it. I'll concentrate on the 347 later.
Some of them are from shops, some private party. I recently got burned from a yard on a 100K mile 302 that had over an 1/8th inch of copper in the pan. I pull a main and rod cap, and bearings were toast. Because of that I'm somewhat reluctant to try used again, but there are piles of them on CL now in the $300 range with far less miles than most anything from a yard.
Sucks that because of the stupid ford design, I cant do a compression test once the engine is pulled, since the starter bolts to the bellhousing, not the block.
