Re: [AMC-List] 200 miles on this rebuild???

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Justin Shelton wrote:

> 
> Hmmm . . . seller claims only 200 miles on this engine, yet it looks pretty grimey.  Even if that rebuild was done 10 years ago, I'm not sure how so much oiley grime would have accumulated on the valve cover and block, even if it was parted out in an open field.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-Rambler-Classic_W0QQitemZ320047070104QQihZ011QQcategoryZ6783QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I doubt that motor was rebuilt within the last 100K mi/20
years. It's got classic (sic) long term leakage around the fuel
pump gasket; front of valve cover leaking oil, blown back by
the fan, etc.

It's so obviously wrong, and the seller's feedback so good,
that it is probably some really dumb listing mistake, rather
than outright lying to deceive. Might be that the seller is
totally ignorant of car tech and someone told him "it's rebuilt"
nad he has no way to tell himself. But in that case it would
be better to say "previous owner claims it was ..."

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