Death of an Excursion

LowRyter wrote:
find a used engine. salvage yards are electronically connected nationally. there are also engine specialists all over the internet that deal in used engines. the v10 is pretty common.

and it certainly wasn't your fault that the engine puked.

LowRyter,

My greatest fear is automatically running into the bad-design sparkplug thread conundrum again. It would be almost mandatory to pull plugs and replace, unless one knew for certain they were just replaced at the proper interval. Ford garage did it on my Ex last (previous owner) and at least one blew out. Then on the other hand, they could be replaced at leisure with the engine out. If poor access represents the major installation failure, then that would be the cure.

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Why would you need to pull the engine? Can't you just pull the front engine cover then remove the timing chain and the oil pump? The pick up tube is secured to the block so as long as you can reach the two mounting bolts with out dropping them in the pan there should be no need to remove it.

Or buy a completely rebuilt one for $2,759.99 with a three year no mileage warranty. Click here

Don

Don,

As near as I can tell, I need to drop the pan to get at a couple of oil pump bolts. Chiltons calls for that method FWIW. There is some ambiguity on this since the pump is on the front of the engine and the pan extends under it to also enclose the timing cover bottom. The pick-up tube bolts to the bottom of the pump, but the pan may block reasonable access or something. One would think that the tube would come out a bit to unbolt unless it is bound up otherwise.

Thanks for the rebuilt-engine link. Very encouraging price.

Jarlaxle wrote:
Rock Auto lists a rebuilt engine at $2600.

Thanks for the tip, John.

Thanks all,
Wes
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