Bad News from the Mechanic

[Bernie Brewer]

Every time I hear about a massive failure on a car with relatively low miles, it's always an American car. This tells the story: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/gm_introduces_new_2008_line_of

I have two thing to say about that. First, the article was in the Onion. 'Nuff said there......

Second I think it's about time we got over this "American, Japanese, German" car thing. Everything is so global nowadays it simply doesn't matter where the car was built. Sure the car may have been "built" in America, but the engine was possibly made in Japan, or Mexico. And Toyota and Honda have plants in the U.S. You can say "buy American" all you want, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter anymore.

As far as your Jeep goes, it's living on borrowed time. Replace the car, or replace the whole motor.

 

[RICLARK]

I have two thing to say about that. First, the article was in the Onion. 'Nuff said there......

Second I think it's about time we got over this "American, Japanese, German" car thing. Everything is so global nowadays it simply doesn't matter where the car was built. Sure the car may have been "built" in America, but the engine was possibly made in Japan, or Mexico. And Toyota and Honda have plants in the U.S. You can say "buy American" all you want, but when it comes down to it, it doesn't matter anymore.

As far as your Jeep goes, it's living on borrowed time. Replace the car, or replace the whole motor.

+1 Not to mention that it does not matter who makes the car, yuo can put 3 cars that are Identical side by side and cars 1 and 2 could be fine but car 3 could be a lemon. Sometimes its just the luck of the draw.

 

[Brew Runner]

Brew Runner

I never had an issue with my motor in 30K of driving like an idiot teenager with a muscle car. The rest of the car, 7 transmissions, 3 clutches, 2 stall converters 2 drive shafts, 1 set of rear gears....

lol-

Off topic- But aluminum case muncies dont like torque, My iron case saginaw was indestructable. Centerforce clutches suck too. I ended up with a solid iron clutch.

Memories........

That's why I didn't limit my stab at GM to only engines....

On another off topic mention, the Ford Toploaders are nearly bomb proof as well, especially the big shaft bigblock units. The 9" rears are the same. I have one of each under my lightweight Mustang with an aluminum flywheel and the clutch will get smoked long before the trans or rear. To bad they didn't design the small engine blocks like the rest of the drivline.

 

[PeteOz77]

So what are you going to do?

I think you can buy a Small Block Chev Crate motor pretty cheap