Reply to "Call for help 1 hour North of the SanFrancisco Bay Area (Santa Rosa)"

You gentlemen are correct.

It's just for me, in my head, I bought what was supposed to be something that it wasn't.

I DO plan on enjoying the car and driving it once it's back together.

It's just that I now know these things about the car, and I'll feel better when I've gone through the engine and box, and have a "fresh start" if you want to call it that.

Believe me, when this engine starts,I'm going to go out and put it through it's paces, make sure it's still a solid runner, and then I'll drive and enjoy the car.

I bought a jewel of a car, and a jewel of an engine. I need to know that these both are as they should be. Since I was sold an engine that has had previous failures, with lots of steel bits runing through it, I think the right thing to do is to eventually go through the engine and confirm all is well.

The gearbox works fine, so I'll probably leave it alone unless I have an issue with it.

But when it comes time to go through everything, I'll be going through the box as well, so it's all new and fresh.

Then, if I decide to ever sell the car, I won't have to disclose anything, I'll be able to look the buyer straight in the face, and say "it's a low miles engine, never had any problems, should last a long time, runs perfect", just as I was told when I bought the car.