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Just a conversation I was having with one of our agricultural fitters earlier. As the owner of an increasingly heavy breathing 1hdt we were discussing piston ring replacement, re-bores, sleeves, etc etc, and he said he wouldn’t want to spend the money rebuilding an engine “that they’ll tax off the road before you’ve had your money’s worth out of it”.
It’s something I’d thought about myself, is it really worth spending big money rebuilding a 250k mile engine, only to find that in 5 years time the tax is so expensive, or diesel so costly that it’s even harder to justify than it already is? (Mainly to the mrs, I like spending money on diesel)
For a little background the engine runs beautifully but is increasingly smokey, blows the oil filler nearly out of your hand if you remove it when running. This has only really come to a head since the clutch started slipping on the way back from Bosnia a couple of weeks ago, the front and rear crank seals also need doing, you know how these things snowball.
So, would you be able to justify the cost of a rebuild?
Rob
Getting back to the main topic there is something which hasn't been mentioned, which is the sense of achievement at the end of the project when its finished.
This was my first 4x4, I ran it for a year then decided to do a little welding job on it. 5 years and about £5k later it looked like this. It was rebuilt end to end and was like new underneath. I had it for about 17 years altogether.
The point is, sometimes things can get away with themselves when you start on " a little job" or "I'll just do this".
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