Heres the story, It was raining earlier today and i went out to look for some boggers that I heard running, i was on a little trail looking for them when i came to a large puddle, well i know how deep it is without water so i proceeded to go through it. I hit the puddle too fast and my truck died. So i tried cranking it and it fired and died, tried again and it fired and died. so i figured that i had water in my motor. so after calling my dad to tow me home, i started pulling all the plugs out and after pulling all six plugs, starter and the maf. Well i put them all back and fired her up, and what do i hear? A F*@#in rod knock. Yup, I killed her with just 86k on the clock and a major tune up not even two thousand miles ago. Sonova B!@%h!

So now what? Do i pay the 4k to rebuild....do i go with a block from super six motors...do i fork over the extra 2k for a cummins 4bt motor...do i try and sell her as is? Heres the SH!!@Y part, I'll be leaving in 4 months to basics for the navy, and once i got back i planned on selling my ranger and getting a cummins or powerstroke because my dad makes his own diesel and i love the power the trucks make. Now what? Oh and btw i know this isn't the classifieds forum but i have an 03 4x4 5spd ranger for sale on 32x11.50x15 tires with a sweet sound system. Only prob is she has a rod knock

so what the hell do i do? Whats the going price for a 4.0 rebuild? My dad spoke with one of his friends who is a ford mechanic and he said it'd be around 4K? Any suggestions or advice?

 

Do you think i'd be able to find the sohc?

 

I dont see why not, You ought to be able to buy a low-millage 4.0 sohc for at least under 1k I would think. 4k to rebuild it just sounds ridiculous to me.

 

Ok I'll have to look around. how hard do you think it'd be to sell my truck as she sits?

 

if your gonna sell it how it is to someone that knows what their lookin for your not gonna get much for a truck with a rod knocking

 

Ya of course i know that. I figured i'd just subtract the cost of a rebuild from the book value