"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote
> Bad mojo! I have only seen two thrown rods personally, and
> both times the > rod came through the crankcase but was
> not sticking out. I don't think that's always true. In
> both cases (a Subaru and a Toyota) the engine was pretty
> worn and had known oil pressure problems that were not
> worth tracking down in so old a car. In each of those the
> diagnosis wasn't hard because there were pieces of
> crankcase on the ground under the engine, which seemed
> somewhat irregular....

Indeed!

This 2000 Isuzu truck has "only" 133k miles on it. But maybe
this is a lot for Isuzus.

These folks may have done some serious towing with it,
wearing bearings prior to this apparent catastrophe. (Sorry
I can't get all the facts just yet.)

> One caveat on the engine swap - don't forget to address
> the problem of dealing with the refrigerant if the vehicle
> has A/C. Maybe the compressor will swing out of the way
> and the hoses won't be threaded through anything
> important, but when was the last time you were so lucky?

I'm not going to attempt this myself. I wanted to know on
what to keep an eye with any shop that does the job.

Thanks for the input, Michael.

I'll update if I or someone else ever gets access to the
truck.