This weekend was talking to a friend of a friend and he has 2 Chrysler (or 1 is a Dodge) mini vans sitting in his back yard. In looking at them they both seem have the 2.6 as it looks like the same engine as my '82 Lebaron. Both supposedly ran when he parked them about 10 years ago as he bought them to combine them to make 1 good van as the tranny is out on one and the body is rusted on the other and never got around to it. They are for sale but he wanted me to throw out a price.
Question 1-- Are these engines the same as what is in my '82? i.e. direct replacement?
Question 2-- Would it make more sense to take just the heads, it would take up a lot less space in my garage then a whole engine.
Question 3-- If I take just the heads, what else should I grab?
Question 4-- What should I offer? The radiators still had anti-freeze in them but they haven't been started in almost 10 years.
I had a scare with ruining the head changing spark plugs and I hear 2.6 have issues with heads so I thought having some spares would be a good idea.