Found my motor today!!

[Bassin Buick]

Went out to the salvage yard today , and scoured the yard for potential candidates to go in my car. And the final decision was a 3800 that was in a mangled buick le sabre. Coolant was beautiful , under hood was spotless , oil was not too old either. Dropped the oil pan to check for any loose rods and all were tight. Compression was 165-170 on every cylinder also. So i started dismantling the cradle and got it out on the ground to start tearing the motor down. I only need the block because the top end on my original motor had all been rebuilt recently. While dismantling this motor i came across a strange tag i've never seen before. It said Remanufactured By GM , and it had specs of all that was changed internally , and the date it was remanufactured. It was remanufactured in 2002 and is bored .030 over. All is well in buick land tonight , by the middle of the week i will be mobile again!!! With a newer , BIGGER motor too. I feel like a kid at christmas , i just can't wait!!

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[Vossy 10+ year member]

Yay!

Sounds like a nice find

 

[97maxima 10+ year member]

win

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

cool

 

[Bassin Buick]

Yay!Sounds like a nice find

was so thankful to find it , most out there had oil in the water or water in the oil , loose cranks , weak compression. Best part was someone had already taken the cradle half out and bought the ****** , so all i had to do was drop a few more bolts and cut lots of wires. LOL

 

[Bassin Buick]

gotta drop another $150 on gaskets and fluid this weekend and get started putting her together.

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

gotta drop another $150 on gaskets and fluid this weekend and get started putting her together.

Dude, i would dropped it straight in, it was obviously pretty fresh, just kept your rebuilt stuff as backup. but thats just me (if i could afford the entire engine)

 

[Bassin Buick]

had a rear main seal seeping and the top end is different than mine. different computer , induction , and FI system. Similar design but different all the same. plus it was gonna be 400 for the entire engine. I only paid 100 for the rolling block , with cam , lifters , timing gears ,chain and cover , balancer , oil pump , oil pan , flexplate and water pump.

 

[BlactimusCrime 10+ year member]

had a rear main seal seeping and the top end is different than mine. different computer , induction , and FI system. Similar design but different all the same. plus it was gonna be 400 for the entire engine. I only paid 100 for the rolling block , with cam , lifters , timing gears ,chain and cover , balancer , oil pump , oil pan , flexplate and water pump.

Ahh, then i agree completely sir. good luck with teh install.

 

[Bassin Buick]

Ahh, then i agree completely sir. good luck with teh install.

thanks. good luck with my new door speakers is more like it. i'm gonna break them in this weekend. My buddy lives in a rural part of town and they are gonna be swung wide open and about 3/4 volume the whole day. Just transfered my library to my netbook and it gets 9 hours on battery. LOL. Hope the ol battery charger is up to the challenge. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif