Progress On The Dino

[chris27]

thanks fopr all the complements folks.

 

appols for now responding sooner but been crying into my cup of tea

 

after getting it MOt'd and taxed I took it out for a quick run to get the exhaust fitted.The car has developed a little engine problem.... blowing bubbles out of the coolant!! diagnosis... terminal head gasket :-(

 

To do a head gasket on one of these is a bugger due to the location of the engine. Looking at the costs of gaskets, head bolts plus head reskim / rebuild and the prospect of having to take the engine out, the most economical route is to drop a replacement engine in!!

 

Engine has been sourced from woodsport, who had luckily just taken one out to do a v6 conversion with 60k miles on and comes with a 6 month warranty. It arrives tomorrow morning and have been gathering all the bits and bobs i need, including new clutch to complete the engine swap next week. All being well, should be up and running again by next weekend

 

for now it's out with the spanners !!

 

cheers

 

Chris

[Guest Ian Marr]

I've just spent a day in the garage and blown my own (human) head gasket! Not quite going to plan today