mhead
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Encinitas, CA
I've a '88 4.0 I-6 which gave good service until my '88 XJ crashed. I've got the motor now. I want to decide which is the best approach to rebuilding the block. Should I buy a remanufactured short block and use my '88 as a trade.... or should I rebuild the '88 using local machine shops for the work?
I'm kinda scared of the remanufactured motor since I don't really know what I'd get. On the other hand the local shops might not do their job right either. At least I can my '88 block carefully inspected rather than discover what's in the box from the reman. I don't mind paying a little more either to a quality reman or to the local shops.
So what's the opinion: remanufactured motor with a trade in or rebuild what I've got?
Thanks!
I'm kinda scared of the remanufactured motor since I don't really know what I'd get. On the other hand the local shops might not do their job right either. At least I can my '88 block carefully inspected rather than discover what's in the box from the reman. I don't mind paying a little more either to a quality reman or to the local shops.
So what's the opinion: remanufactured motor with a trade in or rebuild what I've got?
Thanks!