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<blockquote data-quote="TexasRancher" data-source="post: 1761772" data-attributes="member: 8359"><p>Your truck has a newly rebuilt transmission $2k to $3k (so keep the truck)....I'd halt them in their tracks on the engine/manifolds (due to those costs) and tell them to push the truck outside the shop. I'd be checking around for new and USED engines. You be amazed at the quality of used engines with exceptional compression, minimal wear. I purchased a good used 5.7liter for my GMC truck for $550. shipping included and then had it installed for $700. ($1,300 fix) The used motor must have been rebuilt the oil stays amber color for 2 to 3 thousand miles.</p><p>Buy an extra good used engine sitting on a stock shelf, they can test-stand and check compression (many of them list the mileage when taken out of accident vehicle, 95k, 132k, 171k, ect ) , haggle the price down. Conclusion: $1,000. to $1,500 for a complete used engine with manifolds and lots of other parts, sensors!!! and $1,000. to install. Your broken truck would be a $2,500. fix in my world...mainly because I do all the footwork, engineering and let the shop know exactly what I want done (what best used parts where), with solid quote/price...and give tip at the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasRancher, post: 1761772, member: 8359"] Your truck has a newly rebuilt transmission $2k to $3k (so keep the truck)....I'd halt them in their tracks on the engine/manifolds (due to those costs) and tell them to push the truck outside the shop. I'd be checking around for new and USED engines. You be amazed at the quality of used engines with exceptional compression, minimal wear. I purchased a good used 5.7liter for my GMC truck for $550. shipping included and then had it installed for $700. ($1,300 fix) The used motor must have been rebuilt the oil stays amber color for 2 to 3 thousand miles. Buy an extra good used engine sitting on a stock shelf, they can test-stand and check compression (many of them list the mileage when taken out of accident vehicle, 95k, 132k, 171k, ect ) , haggle the price down. Conclusion: $1,000. to $1,500 for a complete used engine with manifolds and lots of other parts, sensors!!! and $1,000. to install. Your broken truck would be a $2,500. fix in my world...mainly because I do all the footwork, engineering and let the shop know exactly what I want done (what best used parts where), with solid quote/price...and give tip at the end. [/QUOTE]
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