[Shotimes] Re: update on my '93

[Randy Palmer]

Have you looked around for a used engine?

   -RP


> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:52:48 -0600
> To: "Leigh Smith" <leighsm@comcast.net>, <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> From: Aaron Lowe <aaronl@insightbb.com>
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] update on my '93
>
> At 03:44 PM 2/10/2005, Leigh Smith wrote:
>>3) did the bearings disintegrate and scatter material all thruout the
>>engine?
>
> Yes to this one, and this was a very good way to describe what has
> happened.  Shrapnel throughout the engine.  I am NOT a mechanic by any
> stretch of the imagination, and I did quite a bit of research before
> deciding on the Jasper.  It's going to be about $5000 total, including the
> engine kit with all new belts and hoses, new radiator (mine has a leak
> along a seam), and 4 new 50,000-mile Goodyear tires & alignment.  Also, 2
> motor mounts are being replaced.
>
> My mechanic, whom I do trust, said not to beat myself over not having
> checked the oil recently enough.  Like I said, I've never known the car to
> leak or burn oil, but he says that it is likely that something went
> off-kilter with the motor recently, which caused it to start burning oil,
> and once it burned off all the oil that was in there, that's when it
> completely blew up.
>
> The bottom line that sold me on this is that I canNOT afford a new car, 
> nor
> will I be able to any time in the near future.  However, I can make things
> stretch and afford this repair. Jasper's 75,000-mile, 3-year warranty
> really sold me.  My transmission was recently replaced, the exhaust system
> is in good shape, and the body only has very minimal rust for a 
> 12-year-old
> car.  This repair should keep me running with nothing but normal
> maintenance or minor repairs for quite some time, which is really amazing.
>
> One question -- will my odometer still read 137K, or will it roll back to
> 0?  That just occurred to me -- I have no idea.