Motor went out on 86... now what!?!?
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Motor went out on 86... now what!?!?
So the worst happened. Long story short my truck got stuck in the floods, hydro locked, and then I'm guessing a bent rod sent the bottom end to hell. Felt like I hit a deer when it went out. Actual diagnosis to take place tomorrow.
In the meantime I am going to assume the motor is shot...
86 4runner 22re 5spd
So now I have to decide what to do next. I do rely pretty heavily on this truck but I can be without it for a few weeks. Obviously no one is working today so tomorrow will be full of phone calls. I can't decide if I should just find another 22re and have that motor swapped in, or if I should start looking into a 3rz conversion. I probably don't have the knowledge/skills to perform either myself, and I definitely don't have the space for it. I have done a lot of research about the swap, but I have no idea what kind of $ is involved. I live in Denver so I have access to some 2.7s and 3.4s at local yards around town.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I expect that it will be prohibitively expensive but I won't know for sure until people are open. Thanks!
In the meantime I am going to assume the motor is shot...
86 4runner 22re 5spd
So now I have to decide what to do next. I do rely pretty heavily on this truck but I can be without it for a few weeks. Obviously no one is working today so tomorrow will be full of phone calls. I can't decide if I should just find another 22re and have that motor swapped in, or if I should start looking into a 3rz conversion. I probably don't have the knowledge/skills to perform either myself, and I definitely don't have the space for it. I have done a lot of research about the swap, but I have no idea what kind of $ is involved. I live in Denver so I have access to some 2.7s and 3.4s at local yards around town.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I expect that it will be prohibitively expensive but I won't know for sure until people are open. Thanks!
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i've gotten lucky with a rebuilt but unstarted motor on craigslist($1400?), it had a new, not rebuilt, head... and a fully rebuilt short block that had a low-mileage rebuilt head put on it, the combo was then run for maybe 9,000 miles, for $900(?).
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I figured as much, but I wanted to consider all the options. I am basically trying to figure out the dollar difference between the 22re replacement and the 3rz swap. I've always wanted to do it anyway and I figured now might be the time. Or maybe now is the time to figure out how to swap a motor myself...
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An "incident"? Haha...that's funny.
The dollar difference between a replacement and a swap will be big. There's a lot more involved with labor not to mention needing the entire new system to run the swap. I don't have any exact figures for you, sorry. I can tell you my buddy did a swap in his VW Westy with a Suby engine. A LOT OF WORK and costly. But, he did all the work himself since he's been working on his own cars for quite some time. Would have paid a lot more to have someone do it for him, though. Maybe it is time for you to learn yourself. That would be a real nice swap...
The dollar difference between a replacement and a swap will be big. There's a lot more involved with labor not to mention needing the entire new system to run the swap. I don't have any exact figures for you, sorry. I can tell you my buddy did a swap in his VW Westy with a Suby engine. A LOT OF WORK and costly. But, he did all the work himself since he's been working on his own cars for quite some time. Would have paid a lot more to have someone do it for him, though. Maybe it is time for you to learn yourself. That would be a real nice swap...
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