dakotart Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 I'm looking for a local shop to do a stock rebuild on a 2003 5.9l Dakota motor. Need it done in the next few weeks and looking for a shop. Any vendor want to send me a quote? Symptoms: low compression on 2 cylinders (good cylinder between them) have swapped head gasket and head. Same issue. Showing about 100 psi vs 160-170 on good cylinders. Should just need rings but need taken rest of way apart to be sure. Send me a Pm if you can do it and I'll call you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Any local shops want to do this rebuild? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Best of luck finding a place worth spending your money, once you get into machine work (I wouldn't rebuild an engine that a machinist hasn't at least looked at and signed off on) you start involving at least two shops. Getting that kind of work done is hard when just about everyone would quote you a reman engine or used because a rebuild is really a lost art. Please let me know if you find a shop willing to do it properly and that does a good job, I doubt short of a race shop that there isn't much of anything out there to meet your needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOZZER Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I rebuild diesel engines because its more cost effective. However with gas engines its usually cheaper to drop in a crate engine in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I rebuild diesel engines because its more cost effective. However with gas engines its usually cheaper to drop in a crate engine in the long run. I was not planning on buying a brand new/reman motor and finding a used on with 50k miles is unlikely. I had a guy who does builds on the side quote me 1,000-1,500 but would take him a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 $1943 w/shipping http://www.autopartsfair.com/dodge-used_engines/ram_1500-2003-catalog.html?campaign=theautochannel I had NAPA on 161 rebuild the 1.8L 4-cyl head for my BMW and they were cost-reasonable and great from a timeframe perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I rebuild diesel engines because its more cost effective. However with gas engines its usually cheaper to drop in a crate engine in the long run. Well this too. By the time you could pay my labor to tear it down, pay the machine shop, pay me to put the engine together and reinstall it isn't very cost effective. My first post was really lacking in the reason why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Have you given any thought in doing it yourself, it sounds like you have some mechanical ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Have you given any thought in doing it yourself, it sounds like you have some mechanical ability. Ability, yes. Time, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Well this too. By the time you could pay my labor to tear it down, pay the machine shop, pay me to put the engine together and reinstall it isn't very cost effective. My first post was really lacking in the reason why. I'm not sure what/how much machine work needs done. The top of the piston isn't broken, there are still hone marks on the cylinder walls and the engine was still running before I tore it part way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Bastard Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 You could call a machine shop and see how much they charge for the assembly of the short block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cordell Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I'm not sure what/how much machine work needs done. The top of the piston isn't broken, there are still hone marks on the cylinder walls and the engine was still running before I tore it part way down. I would want the block measured to make sure things are in spec, and honed. I am not into backyard cheap rebuilds, so I always involve a machine shop. While it is possible to measure yourself, it is simply not cost effective to own all the right tools to do it once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tindall2006 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I bought a rebuild kit on ebay, and did mine myself. I think it spent around 800 all said and done? It is in my 600 dollar beach truck. Made it from Alabama to Texas towing 5k pounds... has been running for 4 years now? I have also let it bounce off the reve limited a few dozen times... Easy motor to rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_in Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 I had a guy who does builds on the side quote me 1,000-1,500 but would take him a month. If you're talking about Tom Filbert out in Marysville I'd go to him. He's helped out on all my old 360, 408 builds, T-56 rebuilds and what not for my Dakota's. He uses Kammer and Kammer in Dayton for machine work and has a good relationship with them, they know small block magnums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted October 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 If you're talking about Tom Filbert out in Marysville I'd go to him. He's helped out on all my old 360, 408 builds, T-56 rebuilds and what not for my Dakota's. He uses Kammer and Kammer in Dayton for machine work and has a good relationship with them, they know small block magnums. That might be who it is. His forum name was "Filthy Filbert" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last_in Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 Yeah, that's him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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