In a message dated 5/17/99 9:54:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
hanharte@swbell.net writes:
> Today a friend of mine told me he knew of someone that had a 1997 Ram
> 2500 4x4 that got rolled. It has a 360 w/ a manual that still runs
> perfectly. I heard the engine run this evening, but was unable to talk
> to the owner directly. Engine has ~32K miles on it, and has had
> synthetic last 20K. Owner bought truck back from insurance (the totalled
> it) very cheap hoping to be able to restor it back himself. He was wrong
> and is going to buy a new truck now (not a straight panel on the
> thing-nothing). What would be a good price for this engine (throttle
> body to oil pan including accesories)? Owner doesn't know and neither do
> I. I said I would ask around and he said he would too, to come up w/ a
> fair price. If the motor is bad for some reason he is 100% willing to
> buy back. He said he stalled it just before the roll so it didn't run
> upside down. Anyone see any problems putting it into my truck (98 2wd
> 318 5spd.)? This will be for future use, but I can never pass up a good
> deal. Will be talking to him directly Wednesday.
>
Where do you live Erich?? With any luck if you get the 360 maybe I could
purchase the 318 from you?? No promises, but throw a good number at me and
maybe it'll stick.
-Austin
Vipertruck
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