WTB - complete engine - 1st gen

[pmeysemb]

I am looking for a complete engine to replace the one out of my '05. I've seen a few on fleabay but I'm not ready to commit a grand or so for one of theirs. The best I've seen so far is a days drive each way to pick up an '05 for about $750 (about $900 total)

In short, I'd trust a fellow forum'er with a tip on a decent replacement before using Ebay.

I'd be willing to shell out a suitable price along with suitable shipping cost to make everyone happy, especially if it came with a forum'ers' recommendation.

Any tips appreciated. Thanks.

 

[SkooterG]

What happened to your engine?

 

[SacramentoMike]

Send a PM to Radio Howie. He recently mentioned having an "almost perfect" '04 engine he was ready to part with. Might work out for ya both.

 

[Bustanut joker]

What happened to your engine?

It got pissed off and ran away from home

 

[pmeysemb]

What happened to your engine?

It got pissed off and ran away from home

Not exactly. It got pissed off and broke itself internally and it stayed in my garage where it currently resides (scattered about ) My best guess is a shifting fork or something else that is involved in moving between the gears (either direction). The clutch seemed fine.

I'm pretty confident of getting a complete unit back in there successfully. My lack of confidence comes in trying to get a completely dis-assembled engine back together again! :blink: Although the manual is extremely helpful, I didn't realize what seems like every moving engine piece has to be removed to diagnose and fix a tranny problem. :angry:

 

[ionbeam]

While you are waiting for a suitable replacement engine to become available you can entertain yourself by reading from the Forum's Historical Documents©.

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[Fred W]

+1

I wouldn't trash an engine for a bent shift fork.

Get your hands a little dirty and fix 'er up. Beats an engine swap any day.

 

[charismaticmegafauna]

...I didn't realize what seems like every moving engine piece has to be removed to diagnose and fix a tranny problem. :angry:

Yep, total engine disassembly (usually); shift drum/shift forks -- last pieces to come out, first pieces to go in.

+1
I wouldn't trash an engine for a bent shift fork.

Get your hands a little dirty and fix 'er up. Beats an engine swap any day.

+1

Bent shift forks are fixed in big/better m/c shops all the time -- have been for decades.

('cept in certain NorCal Yammie shops where it's deemed waay too expensive... )

 

[Fred W]

Hey now!! This is a bad precedent. We are agreeing on way too many things these days.

We must be getting old and complacent...