Ok, IF I EVER HAVE MONEY, I know it wont be lots. Im thinking Ill pick up a "good running" engine from a junk yard that will fit, and swap into my 83. If I buy one of these engines from a junk yard (with a warranty) should I actually trust them that its a "good running" engine? Also, when I bought the car, the guy before me had pulled most of the stuff, so I dont have 95% of the bolts and what not to put the dang thig together with...Any suggestions on what I should do about that?

~T.J.

PS - The title was supposed to be "junk yard motor"

 

Buy a running POS so you have everything you need.

 

thought about that, but i cant find any running that are the right year range, so i think that this is my best option...

~T.J.

 

If its just carbon locked, just pull it apart and check everything. Sometimes you can clean it up and put it back together for just the price of the soft seals.

 

yea id rip it apart,
might be able to get atkins rotary vid from kazaa soon if people quit slackin.

 

Good idea...but I have 56K ...

~T.J.

 

check sig....

 

5k/second? Damn I'd dream to d/l that fast...

 

I don't see why you couldn't trust a junked motor. Hell, i pulled my car from a junyard... it has issues, but it runs.

 

junkyards can be hit or miss. i got one, and after taking my time, being careful and all.... go to crank 'er up and the f***ers weeping oil through every part of the housings! called up the junkyard, they sent another right away and it still runs like a top! i've probably put about 10000 HARD miles on it, no complaints at all.
the good: got a great motor(eventually), got to pick and choose the best accessories(carb, alt, waterpump) from the 3
the bad: pull motor, install motor, pull motor, install motor... first motor i've ever swapped, awwww man! i gotta take that damn flywheel off again?!?!
the ugly: WTF was i thinking getting a starter from pep boy's?(replaced it 5 times in one week, loooove the lifetime warranty), the instant hole in the ozone layer over my house when we realized the a/c was still charged after 10 years

 

Id freaking loose my mind if I went back to 5kb/sec!

15000000 bytes received successfully. (257.44 KBps) (00:00:59).

Junk motors are a crap shoot, you may get one that last through the warranty period, you may not. A buddy of mine bought one a LONG time ago when FB's weren't very old. I think he got a 83 motor with 60k on it, or was told it was 60k, the motor barely made it 30k... Good luck man...

 

me too,
ill stick with 500+ thank you very much

 

**** off all of you. I can DL at about 2k/s.

soon I shall not ASK my wife If I can have DSL, I shall TELL her I am getting it. Couse that will be after I decide I dont ever want to have sex with her again...

Mike

 

Just tell her she can't cut you off, because she don't know where your getting it from

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LATERZ, Andrew

 

cute andrew...

That will definately get me into trouble.

\Mike

 

Hopefully she is understanding LATERZ, Andrew

 

Haha...He said "cute", lol.

Anyway, I think I found a junk car that I can pull what I want off of. Its in a local junk yard, and its an 83 GSL, just like mine, only black. It runs too! Well, at least the previous owner said it did before someone grabbed the distributor out of it before it was taken to the yard. I think im gonna try and take my distributor down there, drop it in and see if it will start. If it does, the whole things gonna come home with me . He just got it in a few days ago, and he doesnt have the paper work on it yet, so its not even in the yard yet. I have first bid on it too . All I need is an engine, starter, bolts for tranny, bolts for starter, bolts for engine, two fenders for the -SE, front apron for the -SE, door for the -SE, misc interior stuff, etc...Basically it will go to good use .

~T.J.

 

GREAT!

Kill Two Birds with one stone..