eBay find!!

[Polo-1]

I like this one more 110373920472
Hard times today.

[diamond zr1]

jeffvette/you or Kevin need this project/keep you both out of trouble/joe

[tccrab]

It went for $6801.00, a little higher than I expected.
Johnny, was that you?

TomC
"Crabs"

Originally Posted by tccrab

It went for $6801.00, a little higher than I expected.
Johnny, was that you?

TomC
"Crabs"

Not Johnny, not me, not Kevin.

I hate the way ebay hides the user id. It used to be so much fun seeing who I was bidding against and give each other crap for overpaying on an item.

[bdw18_123]

Well, I guess I'll have to step forward and say I'm the sucker who bought this one! I was excited about it until I read this thread...

The bidding at the last minute was cus I had the 1-click bidding up and my stupid mouse button got stuck, lol!

Was this a bad deal? I thought it was a pretty good one since its a one owner. I did worry about the valves being bent cus of the timing chain being broken, but he said there was no internal damage. I guess I'll find out! It doesn't seem like it's in that bad of shape to me, although the pics aren't very good.

Well, whatever the case is, its mine now. Hopefully its not as bad as you guys are saying.

[-=Jeff=-]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

Well, I guess I'll have to step forward and say I'm the sucker who bought this one! I was excited about it until I read this thread...

The bidding at the last minute was cus I had the 1-click bidding up and my stupid mouse button got stuck, lol!

Was this a bad deal? I thought it was a pretty good one since its a one owner. I did worry about the valves being bent cus of the timing chain being broken, but he said there was no internal damage. I guess I'll find out! It doesn't seem like it's in that bad of shape to me, although the pics aren't very good.

Well, whatever the case is, its mine now. Hopefully its not as bad as you guys are saying.

even if it is bad, you are in the right place to get the help you need to get it running again..

[ZZZZZR1]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

Well, I guess I'll have to step forward and say I'm the sucker who bought this one! I was excited about it until I read this thread...

The bidding at the last minute was cus I had the 1-click bidding up and my stupid mouse button got stuck, lol!

Was this a bad deal? I thought it was a pretty good one since its a one owner. I did worry about the valves being bent cus of the timing chain being broken, but he said there was no internal damage. I guess I'll find out! It doesn't seem like it's in that bad of shape to me, although the pics aren't very good.

Well, whatever the case is, its mine now. Hopefully its not as bad as you guys are saying.

Congrats! Great purchase and you got extra parts too.


keep us updated on your progress!




David

[GOLDCYLON]

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

Well, I guess I'll have to step forward and say I'm the sucker who bought this one! I was excited about it until I read this thread...

The bidding at the last minute was cus I had the 1-click bidding up and my stupid mouse button got stuck, lol!

Was this a bad deal? I thought it was a pretty good one since its a one owner. I did worry about the valves being bent cus of the timing chain being broken, but he said there was no internal damage. I guess I'll find out! It doesn't seem like it's in that bad of shape to me, although the pics aren't very good.

Well, whatever the case is, its mine now. Hopefully its not as bad as you guys are saying.

Well if you cant fix it a lot of motors have been showing up on Ebay lately at great prices, so you have other options as well. Enjoy the new to you car. GC

Originally Posted by bdw18_123

I did worry about the valves being bent cus of the timing chain being broken, but he said there was no internal damage.

Well, I would not take the owners word on there not being any internal damage. One of the questions was about bent valves and he said "car runs on passenger side bank." Well no joke, that timing chain didn't break! The driver side had at a minimum needs to come off and inspect the valves and pistons for damage. Timing chains do not let get at idle.

We are not trying to be a bunch of wet blankets. Just realists.

Good luck with you project.

BTW, here are some pics of a motor with a timing chain that let go. The front end pics are after it has been repaired. I've got pictures of the pistons too.

[bdw18_123]

So, is the LT5 an 'interference' motor? I couldn't find an answer to that question.

Is there a chance that the motor could survive timing chain breakage with little or no internal damage? Is there anyway to tell what the damage is by looking in sparkplug hole, or maybe turning engine over by hand?

I'd like to know before I hand the money over, tho I don't know if the guy will let me back out.

He said the chain let go at around 45mph. He also said that after "running it on passenger bank for 10 seconds" there was no banging metal sounds, gas in the oil, water in the oil, oil in the plugs ..etc. Of course, I'm not going to take him at his word, but that's what he said.