General vehicle thread

[SideShow Bob]

I need an engine for my 1970 Powerwagon. It used to be that you could find decent ones in salvage yards, but when scrap prices went through the roof a few years back a lot of older vehicles got shredded.

For something that old, you’ll have to go with a remanufacted long block (if they still exist for that year series), rebuilt crate motor or find a decent basic block & heads and do a ground up rebuild then swap it in when you are done. Or yank your existing to do a rebuild.

[Great-Kazoo]

https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/cto...832146604.html

[Great-Kazoo]

Why stop there

http://www.yotaimports.com/

[MrPrena]

I love what you do for me....

[Irving]

So I noticed that my neighbor got a new vehicle, but her old one is sitting in her driveway. I assume something went wrong and she got a new one. I went to talk to her to confirm. It's a 2005 Jeep Liberty (gas) with just over 100,000 miles on it. She said it was having a problem, and the guy she took it too just kept addressing the code it was throwing and nothing else. Sounds like a seized water pump might have smoked the motor. I don't know what she wants for it, but does anyone know if that might be worth messing with as a cheap get around vehicle, or fix and resell? I'm assuming it'll need a new motor, but don't know anything else about it. She's an older lady so it's probably never even been off pavement or modded. What do you think?

[SideShow Bob]

Which gas motor did it have (V-6 or 4 cylinder) & transmission (manual or auto) ?

[Irving]

Just a guess, but I bet V6 and auto. I'll ask her next time I see her.

[ray1970]

No first hand experience but I thought the Liberty was kind of a POS?

[Irving]

I know the diesel ones can be made to be pretty sweet. I always assumed they were on the lame side viewed through the off-road lens. I don't know enough about them to know if they are POS as far as breaking down and being unreliable though. I was thinking that if I was going to flip a vehicle in Colorado, a 4x4 would be a good one to do.

[SideShow Bob]

I know the diesel ones can be made to be pretty sweet. I always assumed they were on the lame side viewed through the off-road lens. I don't know enough about them to know if they are POS as far as breaking down and being unreliable though. I was thinking that if I was going to flip a vehicle in Colorado, a 4x4 would be a good one to do.

Had a later model liberty, gutless V-6, Ac had to be recharged every spring and late summer, the dealer could never find & fix the leak.
Slid on some ice coming out of a car wash, very slow speed, and hit a curb bent some front end components. Driver’s power window regulator went out. Yep a crappy car but if it was cheap enough and ajunk yard motor was available, it would make a good flipper project.