yep that sounded too good to be true, and as was said earlier, retro-fitting another engine into that frame would of been a huge headache and nothing but trouble afterwards.

As for the internet sites? well i was just relaying what i found, i myself would be doubtful about dealing with ebay too....
but my suggestion for EPS (engine power source) is not a fly by night company, they are very well known here in the south and rebuild and sell prebuilt engines, they do ALL engines.

If you boss wants to stick his head in the sand and deal only with chicago engines then so be it. Get your short block and heads and have at it... its nuttin but time and money right? chuckles

good luck on your repair

I will say if YOU are the one that gets the job of pulling that engine and swapping it out just be very careful with the propulsion pump and drive coupling when you take it apart and reassemble it.... warping one of those is bad bad bad.... will come apart on ya later on ;o)
And pay attention to the seals on the control solenoids in the manifold control blocks throughout the unit, if it has run hot i'm sure those seals are hard and will cause the unit to malfunction due to internal bypassing on the hydraulic circuits. :o)

good luck