Originally Posted by dentmagnet
He shipped it to me for 250, thus the 1650. And the 400 main thing was verbal. And when i said blown up, i mean blown up. He sold it (verbally) that is was ready to run. Number 5 main was beat up and wallered out that the main cap and block register was hammered badly, and the main thrust area was actually bbroken and cracked. and someone had peened the block at a feeble attempt to tighten the register back up. an expensive repair and hardly (ready to run" Also obvious evidence of a thrown rod in 7 & 8 area.
I stand corrected, with that kind of damage you definately got screwed, maybe that's why he decided to ship the block because anyone looking at the block in person would not have bought it. i'll ask around and see if anyone knows this person.
Zip.