Now that's some serious engine sludge.

I've been slammed at work WW, otherwise I would have made it over your way by now. I can see if I can make room for Lloyd's old engine over here and borrow another stand from JohnB so I can scavenge parts from it if I need to. Sans poop preferably. My garage is getting really small with my kids beds still in there.

Got my engine down to the block, and have a buddy searching for a donor short block in the yards. He's been just as busy as I have, so haven't heard back yet. I may take the heads to a machine shop to have them checked out and do a valve job on them. Passenger side head was pretty sludged up and there is a lot of carbon on the valves. Then I'll do the stem seals and updated lifters myself to hopefully save some cash. This Montero has been almost as bad as my ex-wife for dumping money into for no return on investment. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Need to order a full gasket kit, stem seals, oil pump and some other odds and ends come payday so I can be ready when a good short block is found. I have no idea if the one I have is shot or not, but it leaks from just about everywhere, and I don't trust it now.

I've been thinking about ordering my lift kit and putting it on before the engine goes back in. What do you guys think? Good idea? Did you guys order the "ultimate" blocks or just the standard blocks? Anyone have an invoice I can reference for the proper part numbers?