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91 blazer 4x4 auto with a lot of options and is in good shape in and out except for the engine. The owners just replaced the entire front 4 wheel drive system including shafts/cv etc before it locked up. Here is what they told me "During this past cold winter, the car was being warmed up. Must have been low on oil/leak we do not know, but the engine stopped and never turned over again." I can get it for around $850 do you think it is worth the time and money. I am not a car whiz, but I have plenty of people to work with me that are. Any ideas please? Thanks Nick

 

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If your "good shape in and out" includes an absence of rust in Ohio, I'd jump all over at that price. If everything else works and it's not a rust bucket, you could put a crate engine in it and still be in good shape in terms of acquisition costs.
YMMV.

 

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I sure a hell wouldn't pass it up.

 

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BUY, BUY, BUY! Lets see, $850 plus maybe $1500 for a complete remanned 4.3L= $2350 in a vehicle that books for like $4000-$6000!
A.Smith

1989 GMC S-15 4x4 4.3L/700R-4, 3.08s, 31" Sport Kings For Sale
1985 S-10 4x4 Soon to have 3504BM/TH350/D44/14FF, 35" Boggers

 

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The other option would be (assuming everything else is in great shape) to go to the parts yard and grab the engine out of a smashed S truck. You can pick one up relatively inexpensively and chances are it'll last quite a while with decent maintenance... /wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif

Tim "Sandman"

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