Hi All,

Well, my wonderful little GenI ('91) has bit the dust. At the moment, my options appear to be putting in a rebuilt engine, or unloading the thing all together and buying a different rig. My wife (to her credit) absolutely loves the Montero, and wants to get a new engine. So, my question is this:

Assuming the rest of the rig has some good life in it (which it generally does), am I likely to find a better return-on-investment by dropping in a rebuilt 3.0, or by going rig shopping? I won't be doing the labor (my wrenching skills amount to throwing them at the fence when I can't figure out what's wrong with the car), so I'd need to figure shop costs as well.

I know there isn't much detail here... I'll try to follow up with more info after I talk to the shop (who I trust) today. I was just wondering if anyone had some good or bad experience that might steer my decisions.

Thanks a ton! BTW, I searched, but didn't seem to find this particular discussion. If I've missed an obvious thread, I'll humbly accept a link there.