I would opine that it's almost a toss-up. End play, unless the case
itself is so damaged it can't be machined for oversize bearings, can be
fixed. A locked-up engine is 90% sure to be rings stuck in rusty
cylinders, which means new pistons and cylinders, if you can get them -
in an ideal situation. Sometimes, with lots of penetrating oil and luck,
you can get a frozen engine apart and re-use the pistons and cylinders.
If it froze up by running out of oil, the pistons might be ruined, or
there could be serious internal damage like a thrown connecting rod
jamming things up. All in all, I would take the bad endplay unit first,
since if you can rotate through a full revolution without jamming,
nothing is obviously broken.
Chuck Kuecker
tammer wrote:
Hi gang,
I'm caught between a rock and a hard place.
Assume that you don't live in the US and used engines are scarce and all you
had to choose from
was an engine that was stuck up(doesn't turn) or an engine with excessive
endplay, which would you choose and why?
Obviously, either choice will be rebuilt before usage but I want to know which
one would be the lesser of the two evils.
This is going to be my practice rebuild for a new engine that I hope to build
someday.
Regards,
Tammer in Manila.
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