It's been a while since I posted here, but I need some advice. I'm pretty sure my oil pump went out on my '91 Trooper 4 cyl. At 75 miles per hour. 100 miles from home. Today.

I had a new head put in last year and was hoping to get many more years out of it but the motor now sounds like a bag of hammers are attached to the camshaft and one large one attached to the crank.

There's also been a heavy single *clunk* from the right front wheel lately when pulling out of the driveway while turning. Other than that, the body's in good shape, the factory radio works, and there's decent rubber on it. And only 156k on the odo.


So, what do you guys think? Should I call the time of death? Should I get a tarp for my riding mower and move it into the garage for a teardown to check damage? Is it worth it to rebuild? Or, most likely, pay somebody for a rebuild?