re: How long to rebuild a motor

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>]

Thanks for the tips and information (from everyone), feel free to keep
them coming. ;)

I'll know more Saturday when I pick up the car. Can't wait. I'm hoping the
problems described by my cousin are simply fouled plugs or something that
can be dealt with by tuning.

Either way, I'm going to start the prep and planning for a rebuild. In
about 6 to 9 months I'll be moving to a place with a new garage that will
help give me room to setup and take this on.

In the mean time, any good books or resources with lists of tools etc that
will be needed??

Thanks again, looking forward to this.

On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Tony Sims wrote:

> James writes:
>
> >Two days to two years....
> >
> >>On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Gregory S. Youngblood wrote:
> >>
> >> Question, I'm thinking of attempting to rebuild my 74 spider's motor
> >> (depends on Saturday's results). I've never done anything like this, and
> >> I'm not a very experienced mechanic. Assuming I pull the engine out of the
> >> car to do the rebuild, about how long will it take. I'm not looking for
> >> exact numbers, just rough guesses. (74 spider, 2L, SPICA)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Greg
>
> James is right.  I did my '74 GTV over last winter, it was about 6 months open
> to close.  What slowed me down?  Unforseen challenges, mid-project changes of
> mind, finding other things that "really should be fixed while the engine is
> out of the way", parts delays, machine shop time, money, work travel, life...
> What helped?  The generous people on the digest, in AROO and at Centerline, my
> patient wife, and a couple tools from my stepdad.  What would have helped even
> more?  A heater in the garage!
>
> Should you do it?  Absolutely, you'll gain appreciation for your car and the
> people who designed it, and you'll be much more confident about driving it
> like the rev-happy curve junky that it is!
>
> Tony
> Portland, OR
> 74 GTV 2000
> 70 2800 CS
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