[ihc] Re: 266 w/ knock -- material identified, options

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 22, 2004, at 2:19 AM, Eighteen Rabbit wrote:

>  I called the IH place today to see what it would cost to put in some
> new bearings & check the cam.  To say it is cost prohibitive is 
> putting it
> mildly, since that would cost about as much as I paid for the truck!  
> But
> one option did cut the cost down:  If I pull the engine and more or 
> less get
> it prepped, they thought they could put in new bearings for me and keep
> at a price I could afford.
Kyle,

If you have the engine out, any competent machine shop can do the 
bearing work for you, chances are for much less than the IH place.

Putting the 345 in sounds like a really good cheap option, but like all 
jobs of this nature, you'll run into unexpected problems such as Greg 
describes, but all of these should be solvable, and will require more 
patience than money.

John Hofstetter