Jeep JK 3.6 head gaskets or new crate motor

TheStick

TheStick

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Hello all. Been a while!

My 2013 Jeep JK is getting a little long in the tooth with just under 150K miles on it. It has had some overheating problems now for a while, and after a quick redline of temp, got the call that I need new head gaskets. The quote to replace the head gaskets, send the heads off for compression checks and milling as needed is $3,700 :oops:

A couple questions. Does that quote sound in the ball park for this work? Should I just drop in a new crate motor at this point and what should I expect that to cost?

Thanks
 
Spazbyt

Spazbyt

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That price doesn't seem unreasonable. I thought a 3.6 crate swapped in was in the 7k area so a Motech swap may be something worth considering.
 
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TheStick

TheStick

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Thanks for the reply’s. At least it sounds like the quote for the heads is in the ballpark.

I just got the quote on a crate swap. Looking at ~$8k. What is a motech swap going for these days? The worry there is then I’m looking to upgrade drive shafts, axels etc. I think more than I want to go with this.
 
JT@623

JT@623

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TheStick said:
Thanks for the reply’s. At least it sounds like the quote for the heads is in the ballpark.

I just got the quote on a crate swap. Looking at ~$8k. What is a motech swap going for these days? The worry there is then I’m looking to upgrade drive shafts, axels etc. I think more than I want to go with this.
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About $20Kish they do get some low mile take outs you may be able to pick one up ?
 
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