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well, I can't say I feel great about it, but I did it. I took $3,200 cash for the machine, in unknown condition. It is less about skills, and more about time and focus. In high school, I put a hot cam in a chevy 350 motor and squeezed it into a toyota landcruiser that became my wheelie-popping, 14 s...

i don't really have the time or the tools to start disassembling it right now. I could have my mechanic come do that today perhaps. Thing is, someone is coming to see it now, and I think he will offer me $3k without the backhoe attachment. He just wants it for parts. He needs the final drive for his...

got it. no in-frame engine repairs. I had some decent luck today when I saw that a neighbor was getting a new septic tank, with a big excavator doing the work. I ask the operator if he would come see my dilema. He checked with his boss, and when he finished the septic talk, ran the machine over to m...

Paul, great to hear that you have an engine. I will be calling you this morning. Stan, that sounds right. Great and frustrating story about your last race. It sounds like the rod bearing might be it. How do I find that out most efficiently? Does that mean the engine can potentially be fixed without ...

thanks for the response. It didn't make any nasty noises, it just kind of slowed to a stop. It was under load, and the engine dropped in RPMs. I released the load and it reved back up, but only for a few seconds. It started to drop again so I cut the throttle and let it die. It will not turn over at...

I am very sad to have this situation, but my sweet old 450C is stuck back in the woods, with what I think is a seized motor. My mechanic thinks the same. I am trying to figure out what to do with it. I could spend about 6k it seems, to get a short block and have him put it in, or I could sell it as ...