Well shipping alone with a carrier a distance like that is usually like $200 of that money on the sale price.

You would have been ok with the Taurus motor but you are right, getting the escape pans and stuff makes it real easy to just reuse that stuff. All you will have to do is change out the dipstick tube if you want, but I actually used my escape dipstick for two years until I went back to the contour one this summer.

Just count on new rod bearings and probably on new Ford rings. The cylinders won't need any work if it is in good shape and I can't imagine the mains needing it either.
You might need timing chain guides and a drive sprocket though.

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