Recent content by 80ToRunner

Thanks, I was wondering about this. Some of the estimated prices for a 97 with lockers are around 25K, so I would hate to toss it aside for 2500. Or, cheap enough fix, maybe even find a place to stash it for a rainy day

I'm going to call these guys just to see what options they have for me.

Ah, thank you. So IH8MUD has a classified section that is appropriate for selling vehicles? That might work for me. I'll look around for a bit and see what I can learn.

I guess for starters, is it sellable as-is? Otherwise, what prospects are there for repairing a knocking engine? What level of damage would I expect to face?

My good partner of 27 years may have to go. My 1997 80 had 265K when a head gasket leak caught me by surprise. A used engine was swapped in, and all was well until a few weeks ago, when an engine knock started. It seems impossible to find people willing to open up an old engine on a...