so over the summer the mice thought itd be a fantastic idea to chew through my fan belt probably 90% of the way on my 92 phazer II. i started it up last month and took it in the heated shop to go through the carbs. i did and didnt notice the fan belt deal until it was too late. i screwed up the clutch side jug and piston since it was gettin HOT! took the jugs off and realized the stupid rod was slightly bent... how, im not too sure, it didnt sieze up at 5,000 rpm.. i was losing power so i slowed to a stop and when i stopped, the engine did too. is that enough to bend a rod?? also when i pulled the heads off i could still turn the engine over by hand.. i havent done much work with 2strokes so idk what it takes to bend a rod.. the worst part of the whole ordeal is that engine doesnt have 500 miles on it 
so this is what i was thinking.. since the sleds not worth much in the first place, just try find a cheap good used engine.. $2-300 tops is what i was thinking. i figured id have a decent amount of time and money by the time i took the jug(s) in to have them fixed the right way, finding a different crank, pistons, gaskets... just taking a chance with a cheap engine would be worth it for what it is.
Well i start lookin on ebay and found what appeared to be a good choice.. 91 phazer II engine with 1900 miles on it and good compression. started at $100, nobody bid on it the first cpl days. i forgot about it and yesterday i checked it with a cpl hours left.. anyways it ended up going for $518!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR A USED 18 YEAR OLD ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it was also 80 for shipping so its basically $600!! i could not believe it, thats absolutly rediculous to me, sorry if the person who willingly got ripped off is here..and congrats if the person who sold it is here too.. but that iss just waaay too much. its not that good of an engine/sled to be spending that kind of money..
sorry im done ranting now, looks like im gonna do a halfa** job and replace or do something with the one jug and piston, and put it back together and run it.
so this is what i was thinking.. since the sleds not worth much in the first place, just try find a cheap good used engine.. $2-300 tops is what i was thinking. i figured id have a decent amount of time and money by the time i took the jug(s) in to have them fixed the right way, finding a different crank, pistons, gaskets... just taking a chance with a cheap engine would be worth it for what it is.
Well i start lookin on ebay and found what appeared to be a good choice.. 91 phazer II engine with 1900 miles on it and good compression. started at $100, nobody bid on it the first cpl days. i forgot about it and yesterday i checked it with a cpl hours left.. anyways it ended up going for $518!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR A USED 18 YEAR OLD ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it was also 80 for shipping so its basically $600!! i could not believe it, thats absolutly rediculous to me, sorry if the person who willingly got ripped off is here..and congrats if the person who sold it is here too.. but that iss just waaay too much. its not that good of an engine/sled to be spending that kind of money..
sorry im done ranting now, looks like im gonna do a halfa** job and replace or do something with the one jug and piston, and put it back together and run it.
