| Author | Message | ||
| '75 308 GT4 (Peter)
Intermediate Member Username: Peter Post Number: 1806 Registered: 12-2000 |
Craig, do you think that guy was saving the TR motor for his riding-mower parked next to it?  Wicked Tim Allen "Home Improvement" special... According to my lack of records that came with my car when I bought it, I saw no belt changes listed for 12 years! It still ran up until my rebuild of last year. | ||
| Craig Dewey (Craigfl)
Member Username: Craigfl Post Number: 350 Registered: 1-2001 |
Bret, There is potentially 6 bad cyls there (almost a complete 308!!)And then there are all those updates and you might as well put this on, etc.... I guess you could get the replacement here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1821045430 but that would be an unknown too.... | ||
| Craig Dewey (Craigfl)
Member Username: Craigfl Post Number: 349 Registered: 1-2001 |
Ed, I live in FL-- where's that land | ||
| BretM (Bretm)
Intermediate Member Username: Bretm Post Number: 2405 Registered: 2-2001 |
I don't understand how it gets so expensive to rebuild, why not just buy a new engine. I find it hard to believe that a set of valves and some grinding will cost all this much. I mean the pistons will be kissed, but they're not shot or anything. Or at least this is my experience with the 308. | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1123 Registered: 2-2001 |
If you believe everything you read on EBAY, I have some land in Florida........... | ||
| Craig Dewey (Craigfl)
Member Username: Craigfl Post Number: 348 Registered: 1-2001 |
Here's a testimonial for changing belts based on elapsed time... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1822680261 It sounds like he went over 10 years with the original belts!!-- Expensive Lesson |