trbon8r
Ultimate Member
Haha they were hit or miss. I would get an absolute beast motor sometimes, other times it would spin a bearing or leak oil once started.
The newer models had the 6.5 turbo which was better for the up armor kits. A stock 6.2 from a military vehicle is not a bad engine either. The CUCV comes in various forms and have these same motors, I'm assuming that's what you have? Ish like a K5 blazer with a diesel, or a pickup truck Silverado.
Yeah it's the same motor as a CUCV. 91 Suburban (last year for the old square body solid axle trucks).
I called a local shop today and asked about a price for a restoration. The guy said it would be at least $60k. I get that it takes a lot of time to restore something like this, but come on. Some of these guys need to get over themselves. They aren't painting the Mona Lisa.
I'm figuring WAY on the high side here with all work being done at shop rates:
Rebuilt 6.2 which is a cheap motor to rebuild. $5k installed.
Rebuilt 700r trans $2.5k
Rebuilt front end (ball joints, tie rods, bearings, bushings) $1.5k
Paint $6k
Interior $4k
AC components a $1k
Miscellaneous parts pieces, trim, stuff I forgot $10k
That is $30k with everything figured WAY WAY towards the high side with some gotchas built into the budget, and with me doing nothing more than handing over the keys.