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Ontario Jeepers- used motor? (258 I-6 standard)

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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cooper
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Chrysler sells the short blocks for $1200.00 last time I checked.

Doing it yourself will run into $500.00 in parts....

I got a used low mileage engine for $400.00 for mine, but they are hard to find.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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Mike Romain

Keep us posted on what you find. I have been planning on rebuilding my worn out 258 as my winter project. Then last night I found a free 258 that is in need of a rebuild as well. So now I have the luxury of building one, driving the other, then doing an engine swap at my discretion. I am in about the same phase you are, looking at $350ish for a rebuild kit, performance cam for $150ish, have the engine balanced $150ish, some time getting parts machines $200ish. All of those prices are my guesses and from about 10 minutes with Google so I really don't know what this will cost. I add that up plus things that I forgot and I could easily be in this $1000. Then I hear that "Chrysler sells the short blocks for $1200.00" makes me wonder if I need to look at that option instead?? Let us know what you find, I will be watching.

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fletcher

fletcher did pass the time by typing:

Than this will rilly get you thinking.

SHORT BLOCK, All Models - 4.0L93-95 $1,075.00 $860.00 Includes: Block With Pistons, Rings, Pins, Rods, Main Bearings, Crankshaft, Camshaft Bearings, Timing Gears And Timing Chain.

SHORT BLOCK, 5.2L - 5.2L, 5.9L93-98 $3,050.00 $2,440.00 Includes: Cylinder Block With Pistons & Rings, Crankshaft, Connecting Rods & Bearings.

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At those prices unless I was after a stroker, that would be the solution.

Somewhere out there on the wild wild web I ran across a fully rebuilt or stroked crate I6 for about 2,500 or so.

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DougW

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.

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Lee Ayrton

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