[Shotimes] Re: update on my '93

[Steve Tatro]

Or have you called Doug or Doug to see what one of them can do for
you?  I'm guessing you could get the car trailered to Wi or Ga, have
the engine repaired and upgraded (if you so choose), fly there to get
it, and drive it back home, all for less than getting a Jasper
installed.

Are you hung up on the warranty they sell?  It's just a marketing
ploy.  It does not signify a well-built engine.  It's like the
7yrs/100k miles on new Chrysler products ;^)

And as you've probably figured out the odometer goes with the car, not
the engine.

Good luck.

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 181k miles
Monroe, Ohio


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 10:22:15 -0500, Randy Palmer
<Randy_Palmer@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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