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From: chuckcar on 7 Jun 2010 22:58 jim beam <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:wrudnZPwWrCVMZDRnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net: > On 06/07/2010 03:21 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:08:23 +0000, Gary L Burnore wrote: >> > > call these guys - http://nippon-motors.com/ > > i've used them before - their prices are great, and the product has > been excellent. they know what they're doing too. > > Are those the same people who were importing all those Japanese cars you can't get in North America? I don't just mean the Skyline or variants thereof, cars I'd even never heard of before. -- (setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
From: jim beam on 7 Jun 2010 22:59 On 06/07/2010 07:58 PM, chuckcar wrote: > jim beam<me(a)privacy.net> wrote in > news:wrudnZPwWrCVMZDRnZ2dnUVZ_hCdnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net: > >> On 06/07/2010 03:21 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:08:23 +0000, Gary L Burnore wrote: >>> > >> >> call these guys - http://nippon-motors.com/ >> >> i've used them before - their prices are great, and the product has >> been excellent. they know what they're doing too. >> >> > Are those the same people who were importing all those Japanese cars you > can't get in North America? I don't just mean the Skyline or variants > thereof, cars I'd even never heard of before. > don't know. i saw clips there, but not cars. -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 7 Jun 2010 23:16 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:33:44 -0700, jim beam wrote: > On 06/07/2010 03:21 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:08:23 +0000, Gary L Burnore wrote: >> >>> In alt.autos.toyota Hachiroku ????<Trueno(a)e86.gts> wrote: >>>> It has been recommended (RE: my '88 Supra with an apparent BHG...) >>>> that I PARK THE CAR AND PULL THE HEAD! >>>> >>>> So, this I will do. Given that once I pull the head the HG is toast >>>> even if it's not blown, I obviously have to buy a new one. >>>> >>>> I have seen them as low as $17; also $26, with $58 being the usual >>>> on-line price. Beck-Arnley wants ~$60, some places advertise Fel-Pro >>>> at $58, or $17, or $26. My band's guitar player said yesterday, "Eh, >>>> $12, big deal". I told him about the prices I was finding. >>>> >>> I put a felpro in mine on the blow, first was from toyota. It is still >>> running strong 150K later and I beat on it. >> >> Really? How much was it and where did you get it? Did you do this >> yourself? >> >> >> >>>> The thing I SHOULD do, obviously, is pull the engine and have the >>>> whole thing refreshed. A local engine guy, who's one of the best in >>>> the country quoted me $2200 for complete bottom end refurb, and I know >>>> when I get it back it will be one of the best 7M-GEs in the country. >>> >>> The thing you should consider is getting one from japan, used, always >>> guaranteed at or less than 40K miles on the engine. Comes with pretty >>> much everything. Starter, alternator, another air conditioning >>> compressor etc. >>> >>> >> Last I saw (Toyota has since removed this lsit from their site. Don't >> ask me how I stumbled upon it...) was a whole bottom, NEW from Toyota >> was $2,500!!!! >> >> >> >> >>> >>>> >> > call these guys - http://nippon-motors.com/ > > i've used them before - their prices are great, and the product has been > excellent. they know what they're doing too. DAMN! $595 for an engine!! I'm going to try to repair this one, but I will remember them if things don't go well... Replacing the engine will be MUCH more of a PITA than the HG, and the car already has ~220,000 miles on it. If it were only 160,000 I'd go for a new engine and trans (did I mention the tranny has "issues" as well?)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 7 Jun 2010 23:15 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:33:44 -0700, jim beam wrote: > On 06/07/2010 03:21 PM, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:08:23 +0000, Gary L Burnore wrote: >> >>> In alt.autos.toyota Hachiroku ????<Trueno(a)e86.gts> wrote: >>>> It has been recommended (RE: my '88 Supra with an apparent BHG...) >>>> that I PARK THE CAR AND PULL THE HEAD! >>>> >>>> So, this I will do. Given that once I pull the head the HG is toast >>>> even if it's not blown, I obviously have to buy a new one. >>>> >>>> I have seen them as low as $17; also $26, with $58 being the usual >>>> on-line price. Beck-Arnley wants ~$60, some places advertise Fel-Pro >>>> at $58, or $17, or $26. My band's guitar player said yesterday, "Eh, >>>> $12, big deal". I told him about the prices I was finding. >>>> >>> I put a felpro in mine on the blow, first was from toyota. It is still >>> running strong 150K later and I beat on it. >> >> Really? How much was it and where did you get it? Did you do this >> yourself? >> >> >> >>>> The thing I SHOULD do, obviously, is pull the engine and have the >>>> whole thing refreshed. A local engine guy, who's one of the best in >>>> the country quoted me $2200 for complete bottom end refurb, and I know >>>> when I get it back it will be one of the best 7M-GEs in the country. >>> >>> The thing you should consider is getting one from japan, used, always >>> guaranteed at or less than 40K miles on the engine. Comes with pretty >>> much everything. Starter, alternator, another air conditioning >>> compressor etc. >>> >>> >> Last I saw (Toyota has since removed this lsit from their site. Don't >> ask me how I stumbled upon it...) was a whole bottom, NEW from Toyota >> was $2,500!!!! >> >> >> >> >>> >>>> >> > call these guys - http://nippon-motors.com/ > > i've used them before - their prices are great, and the product has been > excellent. they know what they're doing too. DAMN! $595 for an engine!! I'm going to try to repair this one, but I will remember them if things don't go well... Replacing the engine will be MUCH more of a PITA than the HG, and the car already has ~220,000 miles on it. If it were only 160,000 I'd go for a new engine and trans (did I mention the tranny has "issues" as well?)
From: clare on 7 Jun 2010 23:24
On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:35:06 -0400, Nate Nagel <njnagel(a)roosters.net> wrote: >On 06/07/2010 10:23 PM, clare(a)snyder.on.ca wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:01:17 -0400, Hachiroku ????<Trueno(a)e86.GTS> >> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:20:39 -0400, dr_jeff wrote: >>> >>>> FelPro gaskets are really good. My dad used to sell gaskets and other >>>> parts and rebuild engines. FelPro made great gaskets. >>> >>> Hmmm...I'm hearing of a lot of people using the FelPro with good results. >>> >>> >> The fix on the early M engines WAS a Felpro gasket IIRC. > >Same for the infamous GM V-6 intake gaskets, IIRC. > >nate And the 3.8 Ford V6. (head gaskets and timing cover/water-pump.) |