FiveSeventyZee Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) I've been offered a 510 for my 720 I've had on craigslist and I really like it but its not running because his friend dropped a socket into it during a valve adjustment. I was just wondering what it would take to fix this, like what parts could have been damaged? Also, I found an L16 engine and tranny for $150 with good compression and came out of a running 510, I was thinking about buying it and just replacing the engine but I don't have an engine hoist and I've never swapped an engine, what might that entail? Would there be any way I could swap them without a hoist? Or maybe just the heads (I feel like thats all that would get damaged)? Do you think a shop would do it for me? How much would they charge to swap the engines for me? edit: can this be moved to the general engine or engine components section? Edited April 17, 2010 by FiveSeventyZee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moltar Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Did you run the engine with the loose socket in the engine? Also what size socket? You might be lucky and be able to fish it out with a magnet through the spark plug hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveSeventyZee Posted April 18, 2010 Author Share Posted April 18, 2010 I have no clue as it was the previous owner before the guy who offered it to me. He took the head off over a year ago so the engine would have to be rebuilt. Now the only question really is how hard would it be for me to replace the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan5138 Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 You could get really creative here. You would be amazed what you can do without a hoist. You could completely dissasamble the good L16, have a friend help you lift the empty block up into the car and mount it in. Then just reassemble the engine in the car, and freshen up all the gaskets at the same time.Or you could buy a hoist at harbor freight for about $200. Though I think a gasket kit comes close to that... : / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Strip the L16 down to a longblock, and two guys can easily lift the engine in and out of the car. Wouldn't want to do it all day long, but it's not that heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiveSeventyZee Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 can this thread be deleted? I can't figure out how to delete it on this new setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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