| Help finding an engine (not for a GMC) [message #341876] |
Wed, 20 March 2019 20:54  |
Fipp
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I have been a member and have enjoyed this forum immensely. I helped my son a few years ago purchase a Toyota Rav4 that had 200,000 miles on it but purred like a kitten. He started having warning lights come on in the dash and Sunday (his birthday) he drove home for lunch etc and have our mechanic take a look at it as we thought it was a vacuum hose or something minor. Almost home, it simply died and had it towed to mechanic and it appeared to be the water pump. Replaced it but too late, cracked block engine shot. Anyway I am wondering if anyone knows of someone selling a good rebuilt engine. 2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport 4WD 3.5 liter 2GR-FE (whatever that means) or if someone could steer me to a reliable one
Scott D. Fippinger
Aledo, Illinois
1976 Royale
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help finding an engine (not for a GMC) [message #341878 is a reply to message #341876] |
Wed, 20 March 2019 21:17  |
k2gkk
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At one time, it was mentioned that in Japan, vehicles and their parts have a specified "age-out" life and must be scrapped at that point, regardless of condition. There WAS a big market to sell low mileage engines and transmissions to a US distributor for resale as replacements. I don't have any idea as to where to find such. Perhaps a non-dealer Toyota specialist shop would know how/where.
D C "Mac" Macdonald
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Since 30 November '53
USAF and FAA, Retired
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Oklahoma City, OK
"The Money Pit"
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'76 ex-Palm Beach
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Subject: [GMCnet] Help finding an engine (not for a GMC)
I have been a member and have enjoyed this forum immensely. I helped my son a few years ago purchase a Toyota Rav4 that had 200,000 miles on it but
purred like a kitten. He started having warning lights come on in the dash and Sunday (his birthday) he drove home for lunch etc and have our
mechanic take a look at it as we thought it was a vacuum hose or something minor. Almost home, it simply died and had it towed to mechanic and it
appeared to be the water pump. Replaced it but too late, cracked block engine shot. Anyway I am wondering if anyone knows of someone selling a good
rebuilt engine. 2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport 4WD 3.5 liter 2GR-FE (whatever that means) or if someone could steer me to a reliable one
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| Re: [GMCnet] Help finding an engine (not for a GMC) [message #341880 is a reply to message #341878] |
Wed, 20 March 2019 21:35 |
jimk
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USA is a large distance, why don't you tell us where you live.
The story of aging out in Japan can be true, but my source tell me that
they are very strict about cars that get into wrecks so they scrap out lot.
I know a Japanese lady in CA that I have delte with that get them from
Japan, not from a local junk yard.
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 7:18 PM D C _Mac_ Macdonald via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> At one time, it was mentioned that in Japan, vehicles and their parts have
> a specified "age-out" life and must be scrapped at that point, regardless
> of condition. There WAS a big market to sell low mileage engines and
> transmissions to a US distributor for resale as replacements. I don't have
> any idea as to where to find such. Perhaps a non-dealer Toyota specialist
> shop would know how/where.
>
> D C "Mac" Macdonald
> Amateur Radio K2GKK
> Since 30 November '53
> USAF and FAA, Retired
> Member GMCMI & Classics
> Oklahoma City, OK
> "The Money Pit"
> TZE166V101966
> '76 ex-Palm Beach
> k2gkk + hotmail dot com
>
> ________________________________
> From: Gmclist on behalf of Fipp via
> Gmclist
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 20:54
> To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
> Cc: Fipp
> Subject: [GMCnet] Help finding an engine (not for a GMC)
>
> I have been a member and have enjoyed this forum immensely. I helped my
> son a few years ago purchase a Toyota Rav4 that had 200,000 miles on it but
> purred like a kitten. He started having warning lights come on in the
> dash and Sunday (his birthday) he drove home for lunch etc and have our
> mechanic take a look at it as we thought it was a vacuum hose or something
> minor. Almost home, it simply died and had it towed to mechanic and it
> appeared to be the water pump. Replaced it but too late, cracked block
> engine shot. Anyway I am wondering if anyone knows of someone selling a
> good
> rebuilt engine. 2007 Toyota Rav4 Sport 4WD 3.5 liter 2GR-FE (whatever
> that means) or if someone could steer me to a reliable one
>
>
>
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