[nynor]

well, the rover is toast. head-gasket, again. we cannot afford the $1700 shop bill, being we just forked out $1600 for the same repair on the subie. besides which, i don't believe that the rover is even worth $1700.

it still runs, no water/coolant mixing, but the gasket is breached to the outside of the block and it sounds like a machine gun, when running.

the plan is to put it up for sale, as is, full disclosure. we have 14 years worth of receipts, including an old man emu complete suspension rehaul, which is pretty cool, IMO. i am very very very sad. if it doesn't sell by march or april (it is simply too cold to be tearing the engine down during the winter and the rover doesn't even fit in the garage and we don't have the money right now to even buy the parts), i'll tear it down and do the work myself. i am thinking $600 in parts and machining, including a new timing chain.

anyway, its nice to vent.

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