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Well long story short is that i bought a 6m-ge motor off of jeff taumlis' friend may 2002 before they became the 7m-gte swapping masters of the united states...lol and after it sat at home for 2 months i put it in and it knocked first off i thought it was something that i did. i finally took it out of the car and on a stand to later work on.
This year i decided i was going to figure out the problem. I ripped apart the block took out the pistons and bearings to only find worn bearings, no sign of trouble. The pistons and rods looked ok but i couldn't find a specific problem and without the proper measuring tools i couldn't do the job myself.
So i decided to take to a highly recommended machine shop for check out and an estimate of what it would cost to repair and/or rebuild to good working order. I took to a place called columbus col-weld here in columbus, oh. Now that your all caught up, yes big time lapses in time because of my busy schedule, lets get on to the nitty gritty.
Col-weld called me today to explain to me that the pistons were "shrunk" is how they put it and that there was i beleive over .006" of clearance between the cylinder walls...that's a lot. I don't know where or what parts they are going to put in, i told the guy i was at work and i would call him when i had a better time to talk, but i think i'm getting a little overcharged. He said they would bore the cylinders put in new pistons rings bearings, polish the crank(it was ok) and supply it with a gasket set that i would get the extra parts to assemble the top end.
The estimate was 1,259 dollars with labor and parts included, i would like to know does that seem high, i'm going to ask them what the parts cost so that since i work at toyota i may be able to get cheaper better parts (unless of course they are using toyota gaskets and oil pump). It just seems a lot i was talking to some people that explained to me that i should be looking at around 700 dollars but i'm not sure. And i do not know if that includes balancing the engine. I don't know what to do, i want to get the 84 running and eventually i want to put a 7m-gte in my 85 but would need another car to drive (meaning the 84), if i was to do that, now i bought the 6m for 600 now with this puts the price to almost 2000.
So is that high and what do you guys think i should do?
This year i decided i was going to figure out the problem. I ripped apart the block took out the pistons and bearings to only find worn bearings, no sign of trouble. The pistons and rods looked ok but i couldn't find a specific problem and without the proper measuring tools i couldn't do the job myself.
So i decided to take to a highly recommended machine shop for check out and an estimate of what it would cost to repair and/or rebuild to good working order. I took to a place called columbus col-weld here in columbus, oh. Now that your all caught up, yes big time lapses in time because of my busy schedule, lets get on to the nitty gritty.
Col-weld called me today to explain to me that the pistons were "shrunk" is how they put it and that there was i beleive over .006" of clearance between the cylinder walls...that's a lot. I don't know where or what parts they are going to put in, i told the guy i was at work and i would call him when i had a better time to talk, but i think i'm getting a little overcharged. He said they would bore the cylinders put in new pistons rings bearings, polish the crank(it was ok) and supply it with a gasket set that i would get the extra parts to assemble the top end.
The estimate was 1,259 dollars with labor and parts included, i would like to know does that seem high, i'm going to ask them what the parts cost so that since i work at toyota i may be able to get cheaper better parts (unless of course they are using toyota gaskets and oil pump). It just seems a lot i was talking to some people that explained to me that i should be looking at around 700 dollars but i'm not sure. And i do not know if that includes balancing the engine. I don't know what to do, i want to get the 84 running and eventually i want to put a 7m-gte in my 85 but would need another car to drive (meaning the 84), if i was to do that, now i bought the 6m for 600 now with this puts the price to almost 2000.
So is that high and what do you guys think i should do?
