Another option would be shop for a low mile take out.

 

Yea, i found a 103 with 2700 miles for 1299. I would like to pop a S&S 124 in there and not look back but cash is tight right now. What is average labor for a motor swap, hours ?

 

Blooming right I would. A stock engine is built and supplied with an expectation of life ...and I think the sale of goods act over here would argue strongly that having to rebuild or replace after only 16K miles falls woefully short of what anyone should expect of it.

But it would depend on the cause of the failure. Not having any oil in it would be your problem and there is the "if you modify the engine" then all bets may be off.

I'd certainly start with what the hell went wrong. I doubt the MoCo would be impressed with one of their engines failing in such a short time. The engine is not exactly what you may call a "consumable" item

 

Depends on how much cash I have to spare...

 

Naaah, won't call HD, they wouldn't give me the time of day. I guarantee the compensator nut coming loose was caused by my tuner and slip ons. Quite positive i'm shitt outa luck with warranty but on the bright side my bike is still driveable.

 

Well $1200.00 sounds like a good deal on a complete assy ( verified, of course? ) As far as labor, what better to person to ask then the man/shop that has it torn down already. It looks like he's getting @ $65.00 an hour which is reasonable.

 

I wish I could find a shop that cheap.....

 

Exactly ... If I couldn't do it myself, I'd jump on that.

 

$65 per hr is half what they get here, Damn. If money is a issue, buy that complete 103 and have the indy put it in for you.

 

The OP will get nowhere with the MoCo.