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yes, im looking at pricing now and weighing my options on rebuilding or getting a new short block. its the time frame thats killing me right now. getting married in just over 2 weeks followed up by cougarfest
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Originally posted by jaged:
well i drove it to work and then over to where i work on the car and it changed from a ticking(like a bad lifter tick) to a thunk. Pulled the oil pan, saw the shavings, took off some more stuff and found that on the #3 cylinder i had spun a bearing.
You should seriously be gettting some $$$$$$$ back from the ass that sold u the car. 
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Originally posted by MapOfTazi ohhh right:
Originally posted by jaged:
well i drove it to work and then over to where i work on the car and it changed from a ticking(like a bad lifter tick) to a thunk. Pulled the oil pan, saw the shavings, took off some more stuff and found that on the #3 cylinder i had spun a bearing.
You should seriously be gettting some $$$$$$$ back from the ass that sold u the car.
why? he purchased the car almost five months ago, the previous seller wouldn't have anything to do with it at this point. this isn't a situation like trevor's and his contour.
good luck Jason, hopefully you get it back on the road in time for fest!
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Think back....what did I say some years ago about the bad warranty on Escape engine?...Remember the 'sand' issue....the damaged main bearings...the warnings to avoid Escape engines due to a casting sand retention issue?quality problems at the foundry and an 'internal' Ford report I have that discribes the sand retention and the cleaning etc that Ford tried to do to fix it...and that 'some' of these engines/blocks ended up on the market 'cheap'...think back...ring a bell huh!!!
-'96 SE MTX 3L
-'98 SVT 1,173 of 6,535
-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
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Originally posted by j99coug:
Originally posted by MapOfTazi ohhh right:
Originally posted by jaged:
well i drove it to work and then over to where i work on the car and it changed from a ticking(like a bad lifter tick) to a thunk. Pulled the oil pan, saw the shavings, took off some more stuff and found that on the #3 cylinder i had spun a bearing.
You should seriously be gettting some $$$$$$$ back from the ass that sold u the car.
why? he purchased the car almost five months ago, the previous seller wouldn't have anything to do with it at this point. this isn't a situation like trevor's and his contour.
good luck Jason, hopefully you get it back on the road in time for fest!
I thought he had JUST gotten it. 
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Ask Buckshot...what he found in a 3.0 cylinder head
oil gallery some months ago when he removed the
'plug'....SAND!.Ask 'mikey' what I warned him about
during his 3.0 swap that was called off...SAND!...Who
has fitted a suspect Escape engine and not checked the
bottom end,or removed the plugs from the head oil
galleries?...Who has had failures with Escape engines
bought 'cheap'....not so damm cheap now are they!!!And
FWIW even the Ford fix of 'trying' to shotblast the
sand out of the main oil galleries DOES NOT remove all
the Zircon sand(per data from report)...still a risk
of it 'shifting' during service and damage to bearings
etc.....but who cares...cheap is good right!!!!
-'96 SE MTX 3L
-'98 SVT 1,173 of 6,535
-'05 Mazda 6s, loaded, g/f's ride
-Need a 96-00 manual on CD? PM or email me
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Thus why I went with a 99 Taurus block & 01 Escape Oval Port heads (fully rebuilt). Too bad I have to sell it 
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Originally posted by MapOfTazi ohhh right:
I thought he had JUST gotten it.
no harm, no foul. i apologize if i came off as a little abrasive in my post.
which year blocks were prone to zircon contamination? just the '03's?
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Originally posted by todras:
Ask Buckshot...what he found in a 3.0 cylinder head
oil gallery some months ago when he removed the
'plug'....SAND!.Ask 'mikey' what I warned him about
during his 3.0 swap that was called off...SAND!...Who
has fitted a suspect Escape engine and not checked the
bottom end,or removed the plugs from the head oil
galleries?...Who has had failures with Escape engines
bought 'cheap'....not so damm cheap now are they!!!And
FWIW even the Ford fix of 'trying' to shotblast the
sand out of the main oil galleries DOES NOT remove all
the Zircon sand(per data from report)...still a risk
of it 'shifting' during service and damage to bearings
etc.....but who cares...cheap is good right!!!!
I swear, reading Terry's ramlbings of incomplete sentances in emails and board posts are sometimes like listing to Larry King's random thoughts on the Bob and Tom show. I fully expect to read someday "...went to the zoo yesterday, saw a baboon's red ass, thought it was funny... going back tomorrow..."
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Originally posted by bnoon:
I swear, reading Terry's ramlbings of incomplete sentances in emails and board posts are sometimes like listing to Larry King's random thoughts on the Bob and Tom show. I fully expect to read someday "...went to the zoo yesterday, saw a baboon's red ass, thought it was funny... going back tomorrow..."
this is a common trait shared by all Terrys
yes... I am a cougar owner trolling on your board.
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