About 3 months ago one of my old friends gave me a call. Actually it sorta scared me when the call came in at 10:30 pm. Late calls usually are bad news. Sure enough it was bad news, but his bad news, not mine. Apparently he felt he just had an engine problem and his car was stuck on the side of a smaller road in the middle of a road with little civilization for many miles. My advise, especially if he was going to be looking to buy one of the used Ford engines on the market to replace his bad engine, get it towed home first.

Fortunately he has AAA auto tow insurance, so at least he did not have a 300.00 dollar tow bill. The next day I cruised over and confirmed the engine or motor was seriously damaged and needed to be replaced. “What do I do now”, he asked me? The first thing is to call a qualified engine supplier and find a low mileage good used engine. Then call your favorite mechanic and see if he will exchange the two engines.

I explained that the biggest important issues were to buy your used engine from a reputable supplier, make sure it is a low mile unit. Without being disrespectful, I explained that local “junk yards” do not have the buying power to locate and sell the best low mileage used engines. Junk yard engines usually come with a 30 day guarantee. Not much confidence in a unit with a 30 day warranty. The most impressive companies have access to a network of the best low mileage pretested used engines with the best warranties. In fact most of them have less than 40,000 miles on them.

The other things I told him was this:

#1. GotEngines.comhas a guaranteed price match if you find an used engine with equal mileage and value from another company. We won’t compete or match prices with companies who sell old high mileage used engine that don’t have much life left in them.

#2. You also have the option of buying an affordable labor guarantee. What this means is that if you did experience a problem with your used engine. We would ship another engine out ASAP, and the labor is covered. This is a nationwide warranty too.

With this in mind, my friend did as I suggested. He called GotEngines.com @ 1-877-268-0664. Was very impressed with the service, especially the time his sales representative took to explain everything in terms he understood. He bought one of the lowest mileage used engines, which was delivered to his mechanics door ASAP. Once he received his vehicle back, he said the process was relatively painless, therefore serving a big issue, the pain involved in locating a good source for a used transmission and feeling peace of mind and confident that he made a good decision. He did buy the labor warranty too, BTW.