Junk yard motors

[Snowking]

The motor in my 2000 gmc finally crapped out on me with 391000 on it. So I'm looking for a motor from a junk yard. Is there anything to look for when purchasing one? I was thinking of replacing some seals ( rear main, oil pan, front ) before putting it in. Is this a good call? Would you do anything else? The truck is now going to be a second vehicle so I don't want to put to much money into it.

Thanks ,chad

[Jeremy airjer W]

The motors that come from johns Auto Parts are resealed before they are sold. We have had almost no issues with there motors.

The other place I would recommend is AAA Out of Rosemount. Very clean motors and no issues. You will have to replace the seals/gaskets yourself.

[Snowking]

Thanks airjer. Is aaa u pull r parts? I see they have one for 200 bucks I would assume I would have to pull it.

[Jeremy airjer W]

U pull is right next to AAA. I do not know if they are under one company.

[expl]

I bought a junkyard motor from johns,they are NOT re sealed and I found no evidence that they had been when I put mine in.They also gave me the wrong year motor rite off the bat and that one hadnt been re sealed either,i could easily tell and glad i got the wrong moter as the second ome looked to be in much better condition all around,seals included.The second motor we also pulled the plugs and looked in the cylinders with a micro camera before we took it,as the first engine looked to have a weak/bad cylinder when we did this.They said to maintain whatever warranty they give with said engine you must do the seals you mentioned above plus more you didnt mention over yourself.which i did a few but not all.so far so good on the second engine fingers still crossed.I would advise to redo the seals you mentioned as its much easier and cheaper to do in the first place.

[Snowking]

Expl That's what I found from johns also. I was talking to a buddy and found out that his brother owns a bone yard up in Alex. Gave him a call and got one from him. With shipping came to 400.00. I has 149,000 on it. Will be putting a gasket set in the thing before it gos in. Let the fun began!!

Thanks for the help, chad

[Snowking]

Is this a factory block heater ? The new motor I have has it the old motor had a plug in this spot. It's above the oil filter towards the back of the block. If so can you just buy a cord for it? Thanks chad

[expl]

Looks like one to me.My original motor didnt have one biut my new junkyard one did I just had to buy the cord,it was like 12$.You should be able to find a cord somewhere.