You can do it for much cheaper depending on level of "newness" that you're after. I pulled a long block from a junk yard for $185. An '02 means you can get a late model engine and use all of your existing accessories.
Yes, the orange wire itself would be protected in that case. But that's the only benefit I can see. The wiring from the battery to the starter is similarly unprotected.
Yes, but what is it protecting aside from the alternator if you have the circuit breaker in line with the only other powered lead? And then why would it matter which end of the wire it was on?
I'd swap the order of that. His motors seem to be in decent shape. I mean, nothing even emergent about it. Get the head straight and he's got 2 runners until he feels like rebuilding (could even just do the port side)
No, not your comment, GM. I almost stripped out the bolts before I realized what was going on. My local old school hardware store closed about 5 years ago and was replaced by whole foods 😥
This is the most ridiculous thing ever btw. The hardware was actually not as easy to source as you'd think. Nothing available locally, and I had to buy a lot of packs of 10 when I only needed one type of thing. Cost me a lot of time. You also need a new starter if you go this route, or need to...
I've pulled my boat out of the water using the following vehicles that I believe are rated for a combined 0#: Porsche Boxster, BMW 330ci, Mazda6 wagon, VW Golf Sportwagen. The RWD vehicles had no problems. Traction sometimes an issue on the FWD.
I've got the mechanical advance on mine (interesting that the newer models are mechanical) so haven't seen the electronic in person. It appears that only the set up timing is adjustable, which is not idle timing. The setup is 28' BTDC @3K rpm, and idle is 4'+/- 2' @ 750 rpm. Probably not going...
