Looking for a MV404 for my 1981 international bus

[veralbama]

Anyone have one laying around that works or know of a place where i can buy one with a warranty? if so hit me up at garbemi@auburn.edu thanks 5spd tranny

 

[SHORTS]

check with your local auto/truck parts house, most of the major chain parts houses have access to factory remanufactured engines with a nation wide warranty,Jasper and Fred Jones come to mind as factory engine remanufacturers,but I'm sure that their are other ones also.

 

[Elliot Naess]

Are you sure it is worthwhile to buy a fresh MV404? I had one, and it was rather gutless (even before I bent the pushrods ), and it drank gasoline like a bathtub drain.

You might consider buying a newer bus with a diesel engine and be done with it. My current Cummins 5.9 pulls hills at a much better speed, and gets around 10 M.P.G. when driven gently.

Of course, if you have a completed conversion that you don't want to abandon, and plenty mechanical skills, it is even possible to put a diesel in the old bus. Or, as a sensible compromise, a 454 Chevy, which is much easier to find and get parts for, including hop-up parts.

I'd just hate to see you spend three grand on a replacement gasser, and be disappointed, when you could buy a ten year newer bus with a diesel for four grand.