Fox Junkyard/craigslist Motor Vs. Crate Motor

FoxyRoxy91 said:

What is a good price to pay for a 97 mountaineer motor assembly with 105,000 from a junkyard?

Click to expand...

I have a '99 Mountaineer and a '95GT the odometer broke and the mileage will not go up anymore, so that could account for the low miles. I think that it was a common problem or something, it had to be?

Anyways, when I pulled the engine on my '95 mustang, I brought it to the tech school that I was going to and we tore it apart and measured the cylinder walls, crank & cam journals, and everything was in great shape! My teacher was a ford guy and he thought that it was cool that I brought it in, he told me that I tore apart a perfectly good engine!!! It had burnt exhaust valves but the cylinder walls still had OEM cross hatching and the piston rings were in great shape. Oh, the bearings were in great shape too so we didnt replace the cam bearings... I think that the pre '92 engines had forged pistons and they would tear up the cylinder walls a little more, like my '88GT was pretty bad. I had to take it .030

What I mean is, you should be good lol...