- Joined
- Aug 22, 2012
- Messages
- 911
- Reaction score
- 28
- Points
- 28
- Location
- Emmett, Idaho
- Vehicle Year
- 1988
- Vehicle
- Ford Bronco II
- Engine Size
- 2.9L V6
- Suspension Style
- 4wd
- My credo
- 19K, 19D, 92Y, 91F
So, the engine in my 88 B2 has had issues and have of course got worse the past year. It smokes really bad burning oil as well as numerous oil leaks. Burns oil bad enough that it will foul the plugs...mostly just the front plug on the driver's side so up until now I have just replaced that plug and its been fine for a few month...this last time I pulled the plug expecting to find the thing packed with carbon, however it was not, it was wet with fuel/oil and rather than carbon it was packed with metal filings :icon_surprised: with that finding I stopped driving it completely up until yesterday when I drove it into town and put some fuel in it. It was smoking worse than ever this time.
Long story short, rather than mess with an engine rebuild I'm doing an engine replacement from NAPA. Figured the extra cost to have a 3 year warranty VS nothing would be a bit of a comfort level. Found a shop that can do the work but of course it'll be a when he can get to it type of thing and isn't charging me. Would $1,000 cash handed over after the work is done sound appropriate? I'm not going to let him do that work for free, even though that's what he is doing. I don't feel that doing that kind of work should be free, and he's still in high school doing this on the side, so I'd think being a 17 year old, $1,000 in cash after doing an engine replacement would be a nice bonus.
I had thrown around the idea of doing a 4L swap but since I am doing the engine through NAPA they have to have the VIN which points to the 2.9L V6 and at that I'd also have to get a different computer. Then reference previous paragraph about the guy that will be doing the work for free, I think I'd be better off just sticking with the stock direct swap engine...its not like I'm going to be racing it LOL. The 2.9L V6 does fine for what it is, and I just use it as a DD anyways.
Long story short, rather than mess with an engine rebuild I'm doing an engine replacement from NAPA. Figured the extra cost to have a 3 year warranty VS nothing would be a bit of a comfort level. Found a shop that can do the work but of course it'll be a when he can get to it type of thing and isn't charging me. Would $1,000 cash handed over after the work is done sound appropriate? I'm not going to let him do that work for free, even though that's what he is doing. I don't feel that doing that kind of work should be free, and he's still in high school doing this on the side, so I'd think being a 17 year old, $1,000 in cash after doing an engine replacement would be a nice bonus.
I had thrown around the idea of doing a 4L swap but since I am doing the engine through NAPA they have to have the VIN which points to the 2.9L V6 and at that I'd also have to get a different computer. Then reference previous paragraph about the guy that will be doing the work for free, I think I'd be better off just sticking with the stock direct swap engine...its not like I'm going to be racing it LOL. The 2.9L V6 does fine for what it is, and I just use it as a DD anyways.
