What would you do in my spot???

[South East Rocket]

Got two bad motors:  

1st-one from a 93.  Counter balancer spun loose and cracked the engine case all the way around, still runs but leaks like 3 qts/min.

2nd-this one was purchased from a wrecked 98.  The head-gasket leaked (from somewhere I couldn't notice the oil) and the oil light didn't work.  Anyway, It froze up on me when it ran low on oil.

So, I've been look for number 3, but I'm having a terrible time finding a guy that doesn't end up selling it off to someone else.  
Would you bother trying to piece these two together to end up with one runnning engine?

[Blueknyt]

why not.  its not hard, just time consuming, go ahead and freshen up your GS, take the good crank from one, put it in the other with new bearings, kevin C has some,   toss in some new rings, i think kevin has some of those too, hell you can even get a head from him thats has a fresh valve job, pretty cheap too comparativly, then its some new gaskets and bolt it back in. you would now have a fresh engine to ride for many many miles.

[JamesG]

Man, I thought I was hard on engines!  :mrgreen:

Have you taken the siezed one apart yet to determine what went?

If the seizer's bottom end is good, take the cracked ones' top end and pistons and put it on it.

[South East Rocket]

Nope...  I've not even started messing with it.  I'll probably tear into if after finals, early december