If I get my friend to do it... he bleeds Jeep, and everyone that knows him, takes thier jeeps to his house to work on.. He always has a few jeeps of his own, and many part jeeps (no Libertys), and he will have my existing Jeep engine for any parts he might need, as it still runs and drives, it just has a lower end tap, so time is limited. Since that, I happened I have only driven it to a local garage to get a estimate, and they said it was toast.
The making the job as easy as possible is my thought, as he can do anything probably, but he doesnt work for free, and more work=more cost... The Jeep was a 2nd vehicle I bought for fun on trails, and to beat the winter roads, but still ride decent for when I use it as a daily driver in the winter... I didnt know that the engines had a habit of breaking (I looked on Craigslist for an engine, and every time I found one at a decent price to buy as a donor... they looked great, but had a toasted engine.) So a bit discouraged... if I had known then, what I know now, I would have gotten a Wrangler... because after I buy an engine and get it installed... I will have spent the same amount.