3GLXIHatch
10-04-2010, 08:14 PM
So back in January I bought my 87 hatch for 750 bucks, and it would not start. So put a new battery in it, new fuel pump, spark plugs, etc. and still wouldnt start. Spark plugs had water on them, so assumed head gasket. So sat in the garage a few months, took it to a guy I know at an Acura dealership to work on it. It sat there for almost 4 months without him touching it, and sat through a hail storm in the mean time. By the way I would give the exterior a 7 or 8 out of 10 (paint still shines). So I was very pissed about all of that. Found a guy at the Honda dealership to work on it (sat there for almost a month). So today he finally decided to replace the head gasket, and he found that the f*cking block froze up! Drained the oil and only anti-freeze came out! So lower half of the engine is gone! Keep in mind the engine has around 84,6xx miles on it. I just want this to be a DD and nothing fast. So my question is find a used motor or buy a remaned block from Ebay for 300 bucks? I would love to do a motor swap, but dont want to drop tons of money in it for a DD (Wife wouldnt let me anyways). So what should I do? I would hate to buy a whole motor since this one barely has any miles on the top end.