How to junk an RV

Frank Murch wrote:

toedtoes wrote:
Do you really want to put in an engine from a "free to good home" RV? That engine is likely going to be as worthless as the rest of the RV. You'll end up having to rebuild it - just like you would your current engine and tranny.

Most RVs sit for a long time before their house becomes that trashed. That means their engine has been ignored for a long time. And if they're offering it for free, that means no one wants it - so even more no ones are going to want it after you remove the engine and tranny.

It sounds like you are willing to do a lot of work to get an inexpensive engine. Have you considered looking for a newer van or truck at a junkyard that was in an accident but the engine was undamaged and retrofit your RV to fit it? It's a lot of work, but you could walk away with a better engine for not much money if you do the work yourself. Or could you just rebuild the engine and tranny you already have? Or look for a van from the same model years as your chassis at a junkyard and grab it's engine and tranny?

The soft parts are relatively cheap, a new pan and valve gasket set is <$50. The topcoat gaskets on the valve train are more difficult as are the front and rear main seals. I hear what you are saying, but resealing a 1992 460 vs rebuilding a 1991 460 is 10X different. On the work issue, you are right, pulling two engines is twice the work.

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of what I almost did with my 75. I was looking at finding a 2000+ engine with fuel injection, etc., and refitting the RV to it. Would have been a lot more work than just rebuilding the old engine, but would have had benefits. I didn't because we didn't have time or space to do the work. Ended up having the engine rebuilt.

As for your resealing a 92 460 vs rebuilding a 91 460 - that's true, but you may find after all that work pulling out the 92 and resealing it, that it ends up needing to be rebuilt also and now you're out even more time and effort.