It's a long-bed/extended cab '86 pickup with 290K miles and 22R (carb) engine and no AC. Symptoms of a blown head gasket (fluid in oil, overheating) caused me to take the truck to a well-respected non-dealer shop in my area. They took off the head and found a bit of a mess and (long story short) determined that the best fix was to swap in a rebuilt engine. They are talking $4K-ish with a 3-yr warranty. I have looked on-line for rebuilt 22R engines and they seem to be about $1700-2100 with 1-3 yr warranties. I am only an amateur mechanic with no experience getting major work done on this truck (no need to until now!), but it seems to me that ~$2K to swap engines is high.
So I am asking those of you who know much more about these matters than I do: does this sound like a reasonable price?
Thanks.
So I am asking those of you who know much more about these matters than I do: does this sound like a reasonable price?
Thanks.