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Old 01-30-2010, 01:45 PM   #16
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A bit of advice,

I had an old land rover with a 2.25l petrol engine that has needed the timing chain replaced. I had a 5 cylinder mercedes diesel sitting there and it seemed to me at the time like the perfect time to swap engines. Boy was I wrong.

Long story short, it cost me thousands of dollars and almost a year of time to get the swap completed. in retrospect I should have replaced the timing chain and I could have been driving it the whole time. I should have bought another transmission and put the new engine combination together outside of the truck and then swaped it all at one time.

$1500 or $3100 for a repair is a drop in the bucket compared to an engine swap and if you do the repair then you can plan your swap while enjoying the car. I am all for swaps but there is a right time and a wrong time to do them.
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