So, yeah, I'm still around. I know I keep trying to leave New England, but no success yet.
In the interim however, my plans to sell the Miata got blocked by a spun bearing. Something happened with the oil pickup or delivery from my only guess at this point. Let off at ~7,000 rpm from a 2nd gear WOT, and instantly heard the rattle, limped it 3 miles home under 2k rpm and 25mph, and it's been parked since, so I'm hoping I avoided secondary catastrophic damage.
Anyway, I've been hunting for a replacement engine, and found one, a year 2000 engine located just north of Worcester MA. Which is pretty fortunate, since it saves me tons on shipping since I can just take the van and go and get it. And apparently (according to the that owns it) he has receipts from the prior owner he bought it from showing that at 205,000 miles (of 235k chassis) he had the head built up, like port and polish and stuff. Remains to be seen if that is accurate or not, but at least I can take a look over the engine and receipts before handing over the cash and re-negotiate as needed.
So, he still has to pull it from the car (still in and drivable, he bought it as a parts car), and will get it pulled early next week, so it's looking like I will be doing the exchange on the weekend of the 23rd/24th, and just putting out a feeler to see if anyone would be around to assist.
I live in Providence, and my driveway isn't the smoothest driveway in the world. While it's possible to get the engine and the car to somewhere else more ideal for the work, I need to plan that ahead of time if needed. I've got 55 miles free towing.
Doing it my driveway is a bit more ideal from a convenience perspective, but if people that are helping insist on a different location, it's doable.
Anyone helping gets beer and food on me.
In the interim however, my plans to sell the Miata got blocked by a spun bearing. Something happened with the oil pickup or delivery from my only guess at this point. Let off at ~7,000 rpm from a 2nd gear WOT, and instantly heard the rattle, limped it 3 miles home under 2k rpm and 25mph, and it's been parked since, so I'm hoping I avoided secondary catastrophic damage.
Anyway, I've been hunting for a replacement engine, and found one, a year 2000 engine located just north of Worcester MA. Which is pretty fortunate, since it saves me tons on shipping since I can just take the van and go and get it. And apparently (according to the that owns it) he has receipts from the prior owner he bought it from showing that at 205,000 miles (of 235k chassis) he had the head built up, like port and polish and stuff. Remains to be seen if that is accurate or not, but at least I can take a look over the engine and receipts before handing over the cash and re-negotiate as needed.
So, he still has to pull it from the car (still in and drivable, he bought it as a parts car), and will get it pulled early next week, so it's looking like I will be doing the exchange on the weekend of the 23rd/24th, and just putting out a feeler to see if anyone would be around to assist.
I live in Providence, and my driveway isn't the smoothest driveway in the world. While it's possible to get the engine and the car to somewhere else more ideal for the work, I need to plan that ahead of time if needed. I've got 55 miles free towing.
Doing it my driveway is a bit more ideal from a convenience perspective, but if people that are helping insist on a different location, it's doable.
Anyone helping gets beer and food on me.
