Clanking...uh oh. New engine?

[spaceCADETzoom]

...well...it's a rod bearing

My shop's calling around for new engine options now. Mentioned the timing belt tensioner, but they spent the morning and have confidently diagnosed my needing a new engine... Expenses with no benefit suck. Maybe the vx will drive with a newness I didn't know I was missing, after all this. :/

[Cobrajet]

...well...it's a rod bearing...diagnosed my needing a new engine...

What happened to the good old days when a machine shop would just grind the crank and install oversized bearings? Couple hundred bucks, and you were back on the road. Nowadays, you have a lifter tapping and need to buy a new engine. My '70 Torino still has the original block, original crank (turned), one original head (the other ruined by a bad machine shop hack), original rods, etc. The car is worth more because it's "number matching", and this motor is bullet proof! If I turn a bearing I fully intend to have it rebuilt at the local speed shop.