Since your Mom is going to be driving it and since it's by far the easiest thing to do, I'd pony up for a rebuilt 3.4. liter short block and put the truck back together. GM supposedly solved all the supposed 2.8 liter problems with the 3.4 Liter resizing. Or just forget that truck. But I put many miles on an S-10 Blazer with the 2.8 myself. I did have one blown head gasket but the bottom end of that engine never failed me. Joe Fulton _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com