From: Thomas M McHugh (tmmchugh@msn.com)
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 14:46:27 PST
Aaron,
Clean it up & fire it up. If it will not run decently, then consider
rebuilding.
I believe completely rebuilt engines are still going for around $1300.
Don't jump too quickly. I will look for the info that I have buried. I am
planning on buying or rebuilding an engine in my M38A1.
Local rebuild prices are from $1100 to $1350. I am checking references on
the $1100 price. The $1350 builds racing engines & will do my spare motor
between customers. If he takes over 6 weeks, the price would drop to
$1200.
Tom McHugh, NJ
1952 M38A1
M-416 Trailer
MVPA, MTA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Horrocks, Aaron" <ACHb@pge.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:34 PM
Subject: [MV] Rebuild, or Not?
Hi List,
If you've been following my project, I've got an M38A1 with a lot of CJ5
parts in and a hunk of junk for an engine (it's a CJ5 engine with a crack
and very poor compression). Anyhow, some civy nut job had a '53 A1 that he
was gutting out for a 12V conversion and a 350-Chevy. He put the parts on
e-bay, and I won the engine. He claims it ran fine when he pulled it out,
however the fuel filter stopped working so he by-passed it with a newer one.
By the time he sold it on e-bay, it was sitting for about a year.
So, now it's in my garage and I've got a little bit of money. Before I go
head and drop this into my jeep...
Should I have this engine professionally rebuilt? Or am I safe giving it a
good cleaning, draining all the fluids, give it a flush (oil and
anti-freeze) replacing all the gaskets, etc, etc. Cost isn't too much of an
issue, but I'd much rather spend the money on something else if I didn't
have to. Like a new set of canvas seats and a summer top! The way I see it,
I could spend $100 on all the fluids and gaskets and might luck out with a
decent engine. Or, it might still need a rebuild and there goes $1,500.
However if I take it straight to the shop I'd spend the $1500 when the
engine might not have needed it.
I called M&M head in Hayward, CA (the same guys that the Archer Brothers
use) and they quoted $1,450! To me, that sounds like a decent price...
perhaps a bit on the high side?
In any case, I'm sure some of you "list-ers" have experience about engines
sitting around for a while that I could really benefit from.
Aaron Horrocks
1952 M38A1
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