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[Romer]

I don't know that it would cost you less than $1200 to fix yours. The compression on the other cyl's looked pretty good. How do you know the other engine is good? You can get a 2F from cruiserparts.net for $1000. I siezed my engine and immediatley thought rebuild and I was able to fix it fairley easily. Your engine still runs. What I would do is get a set of opinions on what you should do, most of it is work you should be able to do.

Not sure if you can have your existing Pistons reworked or if you can swap them out or any matching machining is required. You might be able to fix the engine without taking it out of the rig. Your crank should be OK. I think if you drop the oil pan and remove the rod bearing, you can pull the piston out. Not 100% sure, But David Dearborn or others could tell you. If it is as simple as a litlle machinmg on the head and pistons, then it shouldn't be too bad or too hard or more than $500.

Good Luck!

 

[Gumby]

I'm not a big fan of the 2F, but in this case you should be able to rebuild yours for pretty reasonable. Of course, that is many times that of a reasonable rebuild on a Chebbie. Looks like you were running way lean, got a bunch of detonation and holed your piston. Coulda been the loose manifold. Coulda been a vacuum leak like the booster or PCV (I forget where they are plumbed to). I gotta head and probably a couple of good pistons from a 85. I'm sure your crank, cam etc. is fine. If you don't have any scoring on your cylinder walls, you could rebuild (probably the wrong word) it pretty cheap. I always have the problem of doing things "while I'm in there" and end up with a couple of grand in machining and new parts. You will certainly be no worse off than paying $1200 (!!!) for a used 2F that you don't know the condition of inside.

You can certainly drop new pistons in with the block in the truck. Kinda a bitch, but definately doable. 50 years ago people used to rebuild engines like that all the time. it's not like the 2F is some kinda high tech, super tight tolerance, high rev motor. My guess is some African bush mechanic could have you running in an afternoon.

 

[CruisinGA]

I've been told a full rebuild, with me doing all labor other than machining work, would run $1900.

A 3FE swap is much more money than you want to spend, a lot of difficulty, and not a big performance improvement.

Listen to Gumbo and Romer.

 

[Romer]

Remember to use the OEM gaskets or you will regret it. C-Dan gives us a good discount and delivers in two days.

I would start a new thread specifically to ask about reworking your engine in the vehicle.