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Yes, but if that screw up damages the block or heads, you'll be out more money than if you just paid the shop to rebuilt it for you in the first place. Do you have the tools/experience to take the engine out and put it back in again? If so maybe that's where you can save some money, and still...

For just the engine rebuild I can give you my recent experience in AZ. About 9 months ago I called several engine shops about doing just machine work on my 289, which I wanted to assemble myself. Most of the shops I called didn't want to even bother with just machine work. They were too busy, so...

You know what classic 4x4 would be great to pull that little travel trailer? ;) Just giving you a hard time Kerri! I totally get it. Priorities change, especially as kids get older. They get interested in certain things, and it's fantastic if you can share that with them in their teen years...

Santa Fe National Forest around 1995-1996. Sorry for the poor quality. No smart phones back then! Camped with my buddy and his '72 Blazer for about 5 days without seeing a single other person. Very cool trip. And Moab around 1994-1995, then 15 yrs later. :)

Correct. Other than the person posting, no one else is going to know what order the photos are supposed to be. I can't speak for @gnsteam but I was just testing to see if when I uploaded multiple photos, the forum would keep them in the order I selected, or insert alphabetically by file name...

If it was the solenoid buzzing (bolted to the fender near the battery) then it's probably that the battery wasn't providing enough juice. Or the solenoid is bad. Or wire connections are corroded or loose. I would check all those things before thinking it's the starter. Did it really run for...

Everyone, please keep your comments related to your own personal experience. If you have first hand experience with either party, feel free to share it, pro or con. But don't just pile on to pile on.

Welcome! For Bronco related questions like this the Bronco Chat forum is the best spot. Bronco Tech is more for specific technical questions. And Off Topic is for non-Bronco related discussions.

@Nowik35 did you actually run the engine yet or just crank it with the starter for a bit? If you haven't run it yet, below is a checklist I made for the 289-2V I just rebuilt and started for the first time last week. Agreed that it was stressful, but turned out well for me after a couple of...

That green and white one has been there for years, although looks like it's been painted recently. Always in front of the same shop near Kaanapali. I've been to Maui a few times over the last 20 years and always mean to stop in and see who's it is. I'm sure they work at one of those shops.

Success!!! We were finally able to run the engine for the first time today. Maybe fate was being kind and making up for all the road blocks we had to overcome to get to this point, but everything went extremely well. It fired up right away, but wouldn't keep running the first couple of times...

We haven't started the engine yet, but we fixed the carb gas leak at the pump diaphragm. We successfully tapped the one stripped screw to the next size up, but also noticed the pot metal pump cover was badly warped. So we sanded it back flat again with various grit sandpapers laid on a sheet...

You should be set now

Unfortunately 1 more day of not being able to start the engine. We rebuilt the carb, but in doing so we also found one of the pump diaphragm screws was stripped, so we couldn't get a good enough seal to not leak gas. Not exactly the situation I want when starting a new engine. :rolleyes: So...

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