Jasper engines

[jkeesey]

I'm not sure if its nationwide or just local but I had a Jasper engines rep stop by my shop today to let me know they are rebuilding flathead ford engines. He said they are pouring and machining their own Babbitt. He said retail was around $4 grand and that's with a 3 year 100,000 mile warranty. I just thought it was good to know a large rebuilding company was still putting in an effort for these old girls.

[Mitch//pa]

very interesting my rep was just in and checking out my chassis. he was asking me questions about the motor and
never mentioned it. is your rep gary?

[J and M Machine]

A customer had contacted us about a 1940 Cadillac engine and then said Jasper could do it also.
I told him to do the research as the internet is full of their unhappy customers. Better off to go to a small shop than a faceless corporation.

[Steve Wastler]

Jasper has been offering them for years, although I don't know the quality of the work on the flatheads and Babbitt, but their reman modern engines seem to hold up well. My brother uses their modern engines at his shop and has never had a comeback due to problems with them.

[Ross/Kzoo]

If I've learned one thing in the last 9 years that I've owned my A it's that a babbitt engine is not like an inserted engine. A whole different ballgame.

[Fred]

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I just left a shop two hours ago & was looking at a very nice 1953 Chevy P/U.. It had 81,000 original miles in Texas, kept all its life inside.. Sheet metal 99% perfect, original paint (green) would buff up nice.. They had pulled the engine as it was frozen.. I asked are you doing it ??, Answer, No, Jasper, @ EST.. $6,000.00 !! I need a BEER or TWO..

[Ross/Kzoo]

A 53 should be a babbitted engine.

[ford3]

only the auto matics were

[Ross/Kzoo]

Maybe in Ca. My best friends 53 Bel Air was a 3 speed w/ babbitted bearings. 54's were inserted.

[gilitos]

I bought a 29 closed cab pick up in 1979, it was unrestored except for 5 new tires and a new Jasper rebuilt engine. I drove the heck out of it for almost 10 years: from Ohio to Texas and Florida then to Michigan when I moved there. It was strong, quiet, reliable, didn't leak any oil the whole time. Never did a thing to it except change oil and tune ups. Sold it when my family got too big to fit; put the money into my Tudor. Wish to heck I still had it.

[jkeesey]

Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

very interesting my rep was just in and checking out my chassis. he was asking me questions about the motor and
never mentioned it. is your rep gary?

His name was John. I never met him before or have really done much business with the company beside the occassional SBC. He also told me he just found a 29 roadster in a junkyard he's going to get and try to rebuild so he'd be back to ask me more questions.

[Mitch//pa]

Originally Posted by jkeesey

His name was John. I never met him before or have really done much business with the company beside the occassional SBC. He also told me he just found a 29 roadster in a junkyard he's going to get and try to rebuild so he'd be back to ask me more questions.

thanks i knew they can custom build any old motor using your core but i didn't know they did Babbitt. we use them all the time on newer stuff as you cant beat the warranty and labor claims are paid very well. i wonder how they would handle a cracked block?? most of the A rebuilders would sew it up

[Mike V. Florida]

100,000 mile warranty on poured babbitt?

[Flathead]

I think it was 3 years or 100,000 miles. Not too many people are going to put on that kind of mileage in 3 years.

I used one of their rebuilt automatics in a Plymouth minivan (a notoriously crappy designed trans) and put over 100,000 miles on it with no problems of any kind before trading it in at 230,000 miles.

[Brother Hesekiel]

Originally Posted by Fred

I just left a shop two hours ago & was looking at a very nice 1953 Chevy P/U.. It had 81,000 original miles in Texas, kept all its life inside...

How crazy to drive 81,000 miles inside a barn!

[P.S.]

Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

i didn't know they did Babbitt.

Apparently, they do babbit-
http://www3.jasperengines.com/blog/2...ing-to-jasper/

“We still have the equipment necessary to pour the babbitted bearings in-house & cut them to the strict tolerances & specifications required to meet JASPER standards,” says Division Manager Alex Ernst. “Replacement parts for the engine and transmission are still readily available.”

[1931 flamingo]

I'd like to hear from some of the engine rebuilders that pour Babbitt on this site.
On the flatheads, are they supplying the core or is it on an exchange basis only??
Paul in CT

[jkeesey]

He said if the engine numbers match they will rebuild your original engine. If they don't and another block is needed they may replace it instead of repair.

[jkeesey]

Originally Posted by Mitch//pa

thanks i knew they can custom build any old motor using your core but i didn't know they did Babbitt. we use them all the time on newer stuff as you cant beat the warranty and labor claims are paid very well. i wonder how they would handle a cracked block?? most of the A rebuilders would sew it up

Mitch, heres his info if you wanted to contact him.
John Burkhimer
[email protected]

He told me he lived in Pheonixville which is about 15 minutes from me.

[BlueSunoco]

Originally Posted by Brother Hesekiel

How crazy to drive 81,000 miles inside a barn!

I like that!!!!