fwd: 401 V8 core for sale (not mine!)

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   From: Obi-Wan <bvh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 401 V8 core for sale

Well, I'm bummed.  The buyer decided that, given the problems I'd found,
he didn't feel good about driving 22 hrs round trip to buy my engine.
I'm certain the #7 cylinder would clean up nicely with a +.020" overbore,
but I suppose I can understand his reluctance considering how far away he
lives.  I wouldn't have driven that far myself even for a perfect engine.

So, now that I've got this 401 completely disconnected and half dismantled
from my '78 Wag, who wants to buy it?  I really don't want to have to
reassemble it all again to store it for the winter.  I'd like $500 for it.
I'd really rather that you come pick it up in Lincoln, NE (68506), but
I suppose I'd ship it if you want to pay for shipping and a bit more
for my trouble.

I've torn apart most of this engine during the last week trying 
(successfully)
to solve the non-rotating crank problem, and I can attest that it all
appears to be in excellent shape, except for the #7 cylinder walls that
had some surface rust on them, but cleaned up pretty well.  With a wrench
on the crank pulley, the engine turns over by hand just fine.  I bought
this Wag in non-running form from a junk yard, so I've never heard the
engine run.  The plugs all looked great when I pulled them, so the engine
probably ran pretty well when it was parked.  The t-case is worn, which
is probably why the Jeep was junked.

That price will get you a good long block and factory 4bbl manifold.
No exhaust manifolds, carb, distributor, or accessories.  The 401-TH400
flex plate is available, but not included at that price.  So is the
entire TH400, for that matter.

Photos of its current condition are available here:
   http://tatooine.jedi.com/digicam/2004/20040923/
   http://tatooine.jedi.com/digicam/2004/20040924/

More info on the donor truck:
   http://www.jedi.com/obiwan/jeep/wagoneer/78parts.html

I've got a freshly-rebuilt 401 in my '77 Wag, and I can tell you it's
sure a lot of fun to drive!  It has plenty of power for towing my
Wrangler along hilly highways, and it'd also be great for snapping
axle shafts in a light-weight trail rig.

-- Obi-Wan
   '95.5 YJ, '77 Wag, '78 Wag, '87 GW

-- 
Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth                             obiwan@xxxxxxxx
   The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the
     Giver of all good things, so if I stand, let me stand on the
       promise that You will pull me through.  -- Rich Mullins