csamuels
Member
My 2002 Sport Trac has decided to develop a very heavy "blow by"issue.
I have owned this truck since the end of 2003 and at that time it only had 25k miles
I guess 360k is all I am going to get out of the original engine.......I still love the truck and only thing I would replace it with is a 08 to 10 V8 adrenalin, but they are more than I want to spend.......
Dilemma .........
1) spend 3k on a new reman motor, and 1500.00 on a reman trans.......(I can do the work myself, as we own a body shop, I am just as young and motivated as I used to be....) for about 5k when all is said and done.....
2) look for a wrecked Sport Trac, maybe in the 3k range and pull the drivetrain (not really knowing how it was taken care of, and possibly having to do all the labor again) but still have other parts to sell to recoup some of the purchase price........
3) other options......
I have owned this truck since the end of 2003 and at that time it only had 25k miles
I guess 360k is all I am going to get out of the original engine.......I still love the truck and only thing I would replace it with is a 08 to 10 V8 adrenalin, but they are more than I want to spend.......
Dilemma .........
1) spend 3k on a new reman motor, and 1500.00 on a reman trans.......(I can do the work myself, as we own a body shop, I am just as young and motivated as I used to be....) for about 5k when all is said and done.....
2) look for a wrecked Sport Trac, maybe in the 3k range and pull the drivetrain (not really knowing how it was taken care of, and possibly having to do all the labor again) but still have other parts to sell to recoup some of the purchase price........
3) other options......