Re: [Amc-list] 304 prices

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

In my experience with junkyard motors, unless you are committed to getting it installed an running asap, you will not get anything from the warranty. They usually hold to 30 days tops, no coverage for replacement time if it's bad.
  The prices sound fair for a yard pulled engine. Since this place is linked thru a friend you may to well to have him make the deal for you.
  Tell them up front exactly what you intend to do with this engine as alot of places won't warranty anything unless it goes into a vehicle it was designed for. I know that sucks when it comes to engines, but that's the way it is!
  I got burned over this years back,as I bought a 315 windsor to put in a 81 Tbird, when the engine turned out to be junk after I got two of them! The yard owner accused me of screwing them up since they weren't a factory engine in a factory body!
   You may far and away be better off to go for a rebuilder, since they will expect you to tear it down anyway, if it is bad you get another, good, you can put a ring kit in it and new oil pump, cam and other wear items. You'll have a few more bucks in it, but you'll know what you have!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Those engine prices sound like they are in the ball
> park.  You can get a motor a little cheaper from the
> picknPull type yards here in CA, but for the base
> price of around $140 plus tax, the motor will come
> with no accessories, just the bare long block.
> 
> I have a complete 304 I have been advertising for
> $150.  I sold a bare long block 304 out of my 77
> Hornet AMX for $50 last week.  Just needed to move it
> and a young hobbyist from Oakland with a 304 Javelin
> bought it to tinker with he said.
> 
> The problem with a $400 junkyard motor which probably
> comes with a warranty as I see it is this.  If the
> motor turns out to be bad, you have to expend the
> additional labor to remove it and return it to the
> yard.  Make sure that if it comes with a warranty,
> that the yard will give you your money back and not
> limit the warranty to exchanging the motor for another
> unknown quantity.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas,CA
> --- d stohler <das24rules@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > so, i got a buddy who knows a guy who owns a
> > wrecking
> > yard. said he has some 304's. a "rebuildable" motor
> > he
> > wants $250. for a "running" motor he wants $400. he
> > said thats my buddies price. who knows how much he
> > wants to charge me. how reasonable is that for amc
> > motors? also, im going to assume that a flywheel for
> > a
> > 360 is going to be ballanced way different than for
> > a
> > 304 correct? or could the 360 be ballanced to work
> > for
> > the 304 or are they all internally ballanced so they
> > will work with each other? with the whole t-tube
> > breakage, has made my drive for replacing my
> > drivetrain alot more. 
> > 304/t5/??? for rear axle? maybe an 8.8 from a
> > mountaineer when they were still solid axle. disk
> > brakes and "track-lock". 
> > i already have a triangulated 4 link rear end to put
> > in. would springs out of a later amc fit in my car?
> > mainly the front. it is coils all the way around. im
> > not to worried about the rear. the front i want some
> > stiffer springs. say out of a heavier 70's-80's car?
> > 
> > 
> > hope everyone had a good weekend. 
> > 
> > dave stohler
> > 62 broke classic
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
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