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I want to thank Perry, Rusty and Leon - and those others who,
in months past, have contributed information - for all the help
that helped me form a picture of what I needed/wanted in an
engine.
It would seem that serendipity has come into play. My #2 son
is home from Coast Guard service, and he just happens to own a
pickup. A few weeks back, I had turned up an internet listing
for an '86 13B at a *way* out-of-the-way salvage yard and,
because I had a service call that took me within about ten miles
of the place, I stopped in to take a peek. It wasn't entirely an
encouraging sight. It was sitting on a little wheeled cradle; no
flywheel; and *really* coated with dirt. But it was FI - and
unlike the one in a Phoenix yard, last fall, the crank angle
sensor was intact. It was stored with the holes taped up and
semi-inside. They wanted $300, but I didn't have the money
with me, and there wasn't enough room in my corporate-issued
mini-van to put it anyway.
Today, I called back - they still had the engine. I asked if
they'd take $200 for it. The guy asked, "today?" I told him
I could be there in an hour. Apparently, he was hungry. I like
that in a seller - motivated.
I now have a reasonably complete 13B. Now I have to get it
apart and figure out whether I have a rebuilable engine or
just a core for exchange.
I guess it's time to get Bruce's video.
Again, thank you very much.
With warm regard,
Dale R.
COZY MkIV #1254
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