rebuilt 3.3

[figjamidhVK8t4]

i'm buying a 3.3 that was rebuilt 30.000ks ago and was running fine in car..
what i was wondering is would it be worth the hassle of transplanting since my bearings just went in the old 1 or just start lookin for new car... i'm only paying $50 for the motor and box.......

[vee ka]

kinda depends if ya gots the skills, equipment, time and patience etc to swap them over!! its not that hard to do an engine swap especially since its the same as whats coming out and for $50 for the engine ya cant really go wrong!! itll end up costing ya more tho cause youll find theres other stuff u'll have to replace like hoses, mounts etc. i recently pulled the engine out of mine ( with help of course and mines a v8 ) to do a rebuild and it was very straight forward, u just gotta remember where everything came from and goes to!!! i was in the same position too, good luck with what ya decide!!

[figjamidhVK8t4]

thanks.....the only thing im worried about with the swap is i cant get a engine crane only a block n tackle that i have to drive 3hrs to pick up(even thats a maybe)

[vee ka]

block and tackle will do if ya got a good solid place to swing it from, just gotta handle the engine weight while ya pull it out/put it in. i did mine at work so i was lucky and had the luxury of a workshop with a pit, air tools and a crane etc. also remember that if ya sold ya car you wont get much for it if the engines stuffed so it mite be better investing the $$ to swap engines even if ya choise to buy another car!!

[figjamidhVK8t4]

i bought the blue 1 for 200 to drive whilst converting the green 1 to manual and acouple other lil mods it ran for about 2months then the bearings went...so now im stuffed coz green still not ready and blue has died....and i dont know what to do with it(blue)

[Shifty1]

i was looking a buying that engine lol..

[vee ka]

hmmmm.... bugger!!

[figjamidhVK8t4]

lol... whitevc which 1 u talkin about............and also guys the car is pretty clean beside the dash which i swapped,AC,PS,GAS what would she be worth both as is and with transplanted engine...no reg

[Morgasshk]

nice cars mate... if it genuinely was reco'd only 30k ago, sounds like a good deal... can you hear running in the car? and you should be able to hire a engine crane...

for $50, even a flogged engine you can work on on the ground is a bargain, particularly if you already have a ride for the meantime whilst you do your fiddling and fixing up...

[figjamidhVK8t4]

well this is what i'm getting...... black 202 motor. Complete besides a few vacuum hoses, belts, pulleys and cooling hoses. No EST computer or loom sold with motor. Rebuilt roughly 30,000 km's ago, no reciepts unfortunatly as I bought the motor as is and are no longer going to use it. Was running perfect in car, only had exhaust manifold gasket leak. Comes with trimatic auto trans. Trans operation was also good, not slipping and no noises. Any questions please ask. Happy Bidding!..........LOL Lovely ebay

[Shifty1]

i was gonna bid on that motor! I got on a little too late though.. it got a reco @ 260,000kms apparently..

[figjamidhVK8t4]

hey does the gearbox have to come out to swap motors or can i work around it

[Goon]

LOL my motor looks better then that atm and its never been reco'd.

[NOGEN 3]

Is it a manual 6 cylinder engine? I'd do myself a favour 'n check the end float. I bought a 'good runner' (and yes, it did run well- go figure??)4 the wagon, only 2 find that there was greasy dirt buildup stopping the crank from moving back in the motor. When I cleaned this crap out from behind the balancer, it had end float nearing 5-10mm! It was that bad the crank cant even b machined 2 fix the prob with a new thrust bearing in the rear main- the crank is totally stuffed. Lucky I only paid $100 4 it.
All I can do now is use the good top 1/2 of the short black 'n put the good crank in from the blue with the holed number 5.....

[figjamidhVK8t4]

ok cool but still dont answer my ?.....does the box HAVE to come out?

[NOGEN 3]

If its auto 2 auto, no probs. The trans's r full hydraulic. Is that what u mean? Splitting it'd prolly make it easier if your doing it in the driveway...
if you already have a good tranny in there already, I'd just leave it there 'n sell the tranny u scored with the engine?

[figjamidhVK8t4]

ok cool so how much a trimatics worth these days.....what i mean is do i have to take out box to get motor out coz yeah its a drivway job...

[NOGEN 3]

Yeah, u should b able 2 get 'em both out 2gether if u want 2, just make sure u got evrything dissconnected 1st ofcourse. u may need 2 jack the car up abit 2 get the engine trans out at an angle(remove the tranny fluid 'n tape up the output shaft 'n trans lines) , if u wanna get 'em out 2gether, but in the driveway, I'd split 'em 2 remove it. Either way its hard goin' in the driveway 'n even more so w/o help...
U could prolly sell a good traumatic 4 $100 with convertor? Check eBay...

[figjamidhVK8t4]

hehehe maybe i should just sell it all.. any idea on a price i have everything for it bar a tail pipe,all it needs for roady is the gas tank restamped

[tigervh]

thanks.....the only thing im worried about with the swap is i cant get a engine crane only a block n tackle that i have to drive 3hrs to pick up(even thats a maybe)

Hire an engine crane.

[Rosco666]

all ya can do to get the fluid out is drop the sump or get it when on a tilt no sump plug on the trimatics

[Goon]

There's a sump plug on mine.. You are talking about the engine oil sump right?

[Vk-5ltr Berlina]

ll this Happy Bidding!..........LOL Lovely ebay

you only love ebay because you take ppls money and never produce the item or the money.... you know you owe 50 bucks mate.

be weary of this fella

[figjamidhVK8t4]

people this guy has no clue of the conditions of the auction that went through on ebay...he is not the buyer , everything has been taken care of via dispute console and resolved on ebay DONT LISTEN!!!

[Vk-5ltr Berlina]

people this guy has no clue of the conditions of the auction that went through on ebay...he is not the buyer , everything has been taken care of via dispute console and resolved on ebay DONT LISTEN!!!

This is just more bull**** quite frankly... I am the buyer champ.. i have contacted you thru your email address and you agreed to send the money and gave numerous crap excuses mate.
i have been very patient and civilised mate and you have made no effort whatsoever to refund my money..its only 50bucks you tight arse prick.. dont you have any principles?? cause i have some mate in geelong that can show you some.
this matter was never resolved on ebay..you are a liar
here is the email ian horrocks

From: "Pat Millard" <pat_millard@hotmail.com>
To: figjamidh@hotmail.com
Subject: vk injection strip refund
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:31:48 +1000


hi there!
im werdgyn off ebay...sorry about all this trouble.. i had to go away urgently and have had no acces to internet etc..
i am resending my bank acount details to arrange for the 50 dollar refund
again sorry about the delay...
bsb: 014***
ac#: 5418-*****
name: Patrick Millard

again thanks and sorry..hopefully we can get this sorted..
ps .do you go on any commodore forums??


From : Ian Horrocks <figjamidh@hotmail.com>
Sent : Monday, 17 July 2006 4:16:01 PM
To : pat_millard@hotmail.com
Subject : RE: vk injection strip refund


Hi,
yeah sorry for the delay ive started working full time so i cant get to a bank during the day payment will be made thursday arvo the latest........ps.....just commodores forums