98lincmk7lsc
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I guess it could have been worse, but it still sucks...
I had a long weekend and was super tired and bunch of little crap all piled on top of each other. Then it started raining. alot. On my way back to work from lunch(in my 97), I drove through a neighborhood to shorten the drive. There was a lot of water in the road, but I honestly didn't think it was that much. It wasn't super deep, but there was quite a long stretch of it. Long story short, I sucked up water in the intake and I'm pretty sure the engine is seized. I pulled the plugs and tried to crank it and it won't turn at all.
I've got a friend meeting me on Saturday with a boroscope to look inside the cylinders and see what's up. I'm not expecting anything good.
Anyway, I originally bought it with the intent of driving for a little while, if possible, and ultimately parting it out. That was over 2 years and 30k miles ago without any major problems. It has about 155k on it now.
The car isn't flawless or anything, but it's better than some I've seen. The paint definitely needs work, but overall I think it's not a bad car. I've actually grown pretty attached to it.
So....I stopped a junkyard today on the way home from work and looked at a 98 they have there. It's a black base model with 67k miles. They told me they want $800 for the engine, which is a bit more than I'd like to pay but not too outrageous. I went back and looked at it and it had been smashed on the passenger front corner, but not enough to get to the engine. The other headlight was gone and the taillights were all gone, but the interior was complete (tan, but complete), and in decent shape. I looked in the trunk and noticed an exhaust manifold sitting in it. "Uh-oh, why's that in there?" I go around to the front and look down the side of the engine and the damn thing has KOOKS headers on it!
Are you frickin kidding me?!? lol. They looked like they were somewhat new, too. I talked to the guys at the counter and they said the $800 price tag includes the headers! Somehow I think it's impossible for me to pass this engine up now. I've got a set of used KOOKS sitting in my garage waiting for me to put onto my 98, but they're rusty and they're from a Gen 1, so a little extra work would have to be done. I'd really like to just put the 67k mile engine into my 98 and then put the 98's engine into the 97, but that's a prohibitive amount of work, so I think I'd like to buy the 67k mile engine and put my 97 exhaust manifolds onto it and then just save the KOOKS for the 98 once the 97's back up and running. I'll probably just sell the other KOOKS set then.
Well that's my book for today. Sorry for rambling, but I'm just really excited about finding those headers. lol. The low mile engine's not such a bad find either.
I had a long weekend and was super tired and bunch of little crap all piled on top of each other. Then it started raining. alot. On my way back to work from lunch(in my 97), I drove through a neighborhood to shorten the drive. There was a lot of water in the road, but I honestly didn't think it was that much. It wasn't super deep, but there was quite a long stretch of it. Long story short, I sucked up water in the intake and I'm pretty sure the engine is seized. I pulled the plugs and tried to crank it and it won't turn at all.
I've got a friend meeting me on Saturday with a boroscope to look inside the cylinders and see what's up. I'm not expecting anything good.
Anyway, I originally bought it with the intent of driving for a little while, if possible, and ultimately parting it out. That was over 2 years and 30k miles ago without any major problems. It has about 155k on it now.
The car isn't flawless or anything, but it's better than some I've seen. The paint definitely needs work, but overall I think it's not a bad car. I've actually grown pretty attached to it.
So....I stopped a junkyard today on the way home from work and looked at a 98 they have there. It's a black base model with 67k miles. They told me they want $800 for the engine, which is a bit more than I'd like to pay but not too outrageous. I went back and looked at it and it had been smashed on the passenger front corner, but not enough to get to the engine. The other headlight was gone and the taillights were all gone, but the interior was complete (tan, but complete), and in decent shape. I looked in the trunk and noticed an exhaust manifold sitting in it. "Uh-oh, why's that in there?" I go around to the front and look down the side of the engine and the damn thing has KOOKS headers on it!
Are you frickin kidding me?!? lol. They looked like they were somewhat new, too. I talked to the guys at the counter and they said the $800 price tag includes the headers! Somehow I think it's impossible for me to pass this engine up now. I've got a set of used KOOKS sitting in my garage waiting for me to put onto my 98, but they're rusty and they're from a Gen 1, so a little extra work would have to be done. I'd really like to just put the 67k mile engine into my 98 and then put the 98's engine into the 97, but that's a prohibitive amount of work, so I think I'd like to buy the 67k mile engine and put my 97 exhaust manifolds onto it and then just save the KOOKS for the 98 once the 97's back up and running. I'll probably just sell the other KOOKS set then.Well that's my book for today. Sorry for rambling, but I'm just really excited about finding those headers. lol. The low mile engine's not such a bad find either.
If I do end up keeping the 97, it'll give me a chance to try painting it with a roller like the thread Ford Nut posted.
:shifty: I wish I found a deal like that. even if the motor was bad you could part it out and be up a set of Kooks headers! Dammit I've had a wtb up for kooks headers forever and this guy finds it with a motor for less than places are quoting me for just motors! 
