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Kirk

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Ahhhh you bought this!

 

I spoke to the guy selling this and he told me the story of how he thought it had dropped a valve.

 

I was trying to convince my mate to have it but he was being a wuss when i told him it may need a new engine lol

 

Good buy, congrats!

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  • 3 weeks later...

ok then heres the progress....

dash out, ready for repaint...

engine and box ready for pulling out

currenty chasing a lead with all 5 speed components (possibly an r154 as the guys unsure which it is)

wheels being picked up this weekend.

engine currently sourced

 

then let the rebuild commence! that good enough for you? :D

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  • 2 weeks later...

thought id fire an update out there!

had a rather productive day saturday, managed to get the engine and box out with relative ease with the help of THE MAUL :eyebrows:

i swear this thing was designed to pull planes out of the the sky! :D

 

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and the full extent of the damage

 

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i think we've done well to say the total time spent workin on the car barely tops 20 hours :)

Now for manual conversion and new lump!

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All day?? Engine out in 3 hours.. Too much tea drinking in my eyes.. LOL

 

You did not see the underneath of it, every bolt we wanted to undo was rusted beyond use. and the exhaust just did not want to come off. Martin crying that he does not want to cut the cat temp sensor wire took a few hours too :D

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All day?? Engine out in 3 hours.. Too much tea drinking in my eyes.. LOL

 

its not JUST the engine, 90% of the time i either forgot to bring the tools for the job or i just worked slowly :p

theres no rush :D

 

Martin crying that he does not want to cut the cat temp sensor wire took a few hours too :D

 

but did i cut it in then end.... yes and im not exactly happy bout it cause i wont know when my engines about to explode! :blink:

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  • 4 months later...

Bit of an update.

 

Finaly back to, well not exactly as today my mates misses had there 3rd baby so i couldnt go get the engine from the garage.

 

Picked the engine up at long last last weekend though

Big thanks to the lads who came together and put the money together to get me this engine. Much appriciated and wont be forgotten :thumbs:

JamieP

Supraloopy

Steve Spedd

Dr_Doom

and Neil-NA

Also would like to thank rob_boi for supplying me with fresh coolant and clutch fluid. Star man :thumbs:

 

Fingers crossed will get the engine in next weekend and wired up then that just leaves the trans tunnel and box to fit :)

 

Whilst i wasnt doing that i started taking my spare head to bits on the kitchen table :D

 

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Then i realised all my tools were at work again so had to stop for now.

Will be rebuilding this head in the coming months.

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