Looking for engine

[Whitaker717]

Alright guys, the title says it all. Apparently I have a blown head in the engine. Coolant got in the engine and messed up some bearings. What are my options? Apparently it might cost more to rebuild it then get a used engine. Does anyone have any engine recommendations? Looking for a used one without a ton of miles. Mine only had 80K miles on it. On a side note I might just sell it. I have over 12K into this truck. Obviously I won’t get that out of it. If anyone wants to shoot me an offer the most I will say is no. I would like to get around 6-8k for all I have put in. Anyway any suggestions or offers would be great. I live in central Illinois. I will post a picture of it. 

[cruiser54]

Probably not gonna find low mileage used engines. 

But then again, these engines run darn near forever.

You can use a 4.0 up through 1999.......

[75sv1]

Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market

Try a search on that link.  I'd also pull the engine and see if it can use a back yard rebuild. IE new bearings. Its what I did on one of my XJs when the crank went bad due to a defective harmonic balance. 

    Also, I seriously doubt you would get the money you want if it is not running. 

[Eagle]

If you want to sell it, post in the classifieds. You'll have to spell out what you have added to it, because I can't imagine how a SporTruck is worth anywhere near what you have in it.

 

[Whitaker717]

This whole thing is a mess. Lol. My wife’s about to kill me. I think it will be the end of my Comanche experience unfortunately. 

[AZJeff]

I think in general, unless you are just "fed up" with all fact that you have a vehicle you poured money into, but now had a dead engine, you would be best off doing a "back yard" rebuild.

 

The 4.0 is amazingly tolerant of repair methods that would be rejected by newer/fancier engines.  It is quite possible to polish the crank and throw in some undersized bearings (using Plastigage, of course) and wind up with a viable engine.   It wouldn't be a job I would be proud to do, but it would create a functional engine.

[FrankTheDog]

Did you lose your head gasket shortly after you changed the radiator and water pump?

[cruiser54]

9 hours ago, Eagle said:

If you want to sell it, post in the classifieds. You'll have to spell out what you have added to it, because I can't imagine how a SporTruck is worth anywhere near what you have in it.

 

Good plan. 

[Whitaker717]

1 hour ago, FrankTheDog said:

Did you lose your head gasket shortly after you changed the radiator and water pump?

I actually had driving it again for awhile. It was actually in the shop for basic maintenance again. Just stuff I wanted done like speedo cable, new e brake cables an oil change and new oil pan gasket. Got half way home and it started running like a diesel. Oil pressure  went to zero and temp skyrocketed. Blew the reservoir tank up and was smoking. 

[cruiser54]

We're right back to square one. 

Fix it or sell it. 

[Whitaker717]

34 minutes ago, cruiser54 said:

We're right back to square one. 

Fix it or sell it. 

Amen! Working on figuring that out. If I get an offer I will sell it, if not I just may fix him and keep him. 

[cruiser54]

Put it in the classifieds with a price OBO. 

[Whitaker717]

Already did

9 minutes ago, cruiser54 said:

Put it in the classifieds with a price OBO. 

Already did.  

[cruiser54]

good. That's a start.