Where to get used L134’s

The engine currently in my 2a came from a pe95k generator I picked up for $300.  It then needed a head, dizzy, intake, carb, starter, clutch and on and on... it helped being able to swap some parts from the kaiser block I took out, but that left that engine incomplete.  Add misc stuff like gaskets, etc., and I'd bet I have another 300 in making the swap.  If I didn't scrounge parts off the kaiser I can easily see that additional 300 growing past 5 or 6.  Even at that, the only reason I did it was I knew the block was factory spec on bores and bearings and needed no machine shop work...and I'm still not counting "elective" stuff like having the flywheel done.  I'm really concerned if you jump into the compressor at 8, by the time you actually turn the key in your jeep you could have bought a solid (really solid) parts jeep with a "running" engine.  You should be able to pick up a running properly configured engine for 5-800, imo.

As far as parts when you don't need them, that's where this illness really gets insidious, lol.  I originally picked up the genset engine to rebuild, and to replace the kaiser.  At that point the kaiser would get rebuilt and mothballed.  Part way through my swap I found a CL add for parts.  For $300 I got two L134's head to pan, one disassembled, both standard bore, a "rebuilt" WO and a decent pile of bolt ons.  Guy was going diesel.  To be fair, each block has one cylinder that needs work but one should clean up at 0.020 and the other may need a sleeve, but my point is that even at that I think I could get them both running for 800, including my initial 300 in.  The long game will likely involve full rebuilds though.

Hang in there and keep digging, they are out there.  Finding them is sometimes the easy part... usually it's the distance that's the hard part.  I'll go out to about 300 miles for a good deal.  Past that fuel costs or shipping can nix it.  The genset above was in scrapyard a town over.  The pair of unnecessary engines a state over... the clean frame I recently picked up was MA to NJ and back, and still worth it.

My wife thinks I'm nuts.  She may just be right.

I ended up buying a hobart welder to take the cj2 industrial motor out of it. It had the normal manifold on it but had to replace the head.

Tom

Were you selling?