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#63349 02/17/11 04:45 PM
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Guy on trailvoy has a used 2002 4200 - free for the taking. No idea what condition its in. If your interested PM me and I'll get you in touch with him. He needs it gone fast.

Located in Katy, TX

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WOW! wonder if he'd strap it to a pallet and drop it off at a truck terminal?
Wish it were an '06 or newer!
I'm headed over to trailvoy....................


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I think another inliner near to the owner has gone to get it.


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Free is good, hope an Inliner gets it. \:\)


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Day late and a dollar short I guess. I found the ad on trailvoy but it said 'best offer'.......I guess he got tired of waiting and decided to give it away?


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These engine are easy to be had - ebay sometimes under $500 for a complete engine.


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^^ Truth.

I got a low mileage 2006 complete with harness, PCM, and all accessories for $850 dropped in the back of my truck. Not bad.

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What a deal! I can't find an '06 or newer WITHOUT harness and accessories for less than a grand! That's not even considering the low mileage factor that you got!


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So for $900 + shipping you get an engine:
THIS ENGINE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: STARTER,A/C COMPRESSOR,POWER STEERING PUMP, ALTERNATOR,BELTS/HOSES, ECM, COIL PACK, FLYWHEEL/FLEX PLATE OR EXHAUST MANIFOLD. \:\(

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Try this then $500

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-CHEVRO...=item19c1612391

or this one for $450! $1.63 per HP <<< pretty darn cheap!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-04-TRA...=item256101763e

or this one for $400 !

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CHEVY-TRA...=item1e61a476a9

or this one for $375

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-04-TRA...=item1e5fa4d9be

$1.36 per HP!

A decent valve job runs this much!


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Yep, they're cheap on ebay, but you might get nickel and dimed for the accessories.
What I did was go to one of the bigger yards in my area and tell them what I was doing. They happened to have a 2006 that they hadn't torn down yet, so I was able to negotiate a price for the complete swap. The price started at $750 for just the engine. The guy at the counter then got out his calculator, "plus $100 for PCM, plus 75 for a/c comp, plus..." It probably would have come out to $2000. I offered him $850 and the fact that he wouldn't have to inventory or tear down anything. Everybody's happy.
Just another thing of note. The guys behind the counter at the yard are usually gearheads like us. Spend a few minutes, shoot the shit, tell them what you're working on, and they'll -more often then not- bend over backwards to help you out.

An even better idea is go to a place like copart.com and just buy the entire damned truck for $850.

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So which yard di you find in De-Twoit that was helpful? All the ones I've dealt with recently have been hostile (Scr-hamm is by far the worst).

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Middleton on Gratiot and 13 mile ish.


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