antz Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 You may remember my thread about my 1700 engine block i bought off ebay, had bored out, honed, new cam bearings and painted to the find out the main caps didnt match.? Anyway when that happened we spoke to one of the managers at the engineers (here is two) and asked DO YOU DO LINE BORING FOR THE MAIN CAPS? and he said NO. So we all agreed that I need a new block that the main caps actually matched to build my engine. So rather annoyed I spent £200 of my pounds on a new bottom end and had it shipped to te engineers where it was stripped anc elaned and found out it had been sleeved previously and couldnt be bored out...the round ones! Then my builder bloke says THIS IS STUPID. YOU SAID YOU COULDNT DO LINE BORING....to which the manager of the engineers (different guy this time) says NO WE DONT. BUT WE DEAL WITH ANOTHER ENGINEER WHO DOES SO WE CAN SHIP IT OFF TO THEM. WHY THE **** DIDNT THEY SAY THAT IN THE FIRST ******* PLACE!? So now my first block is off to get line bored at mroe expense. I have a 1600 bottom end with a sleeved block I cant do jack with, im £200+ out of pocket and my builder has wasted his time messing around with this because of some **** at the engineers. And the best part is....we cant do jack shit about it because he did say they didnt do line boring but didnt mention he knew someone who could. THANKS A LOT PARK ENGINEERS OF MALTON (N.YORKS) To say im slightly p*****d off is an understatement I cant blame my builder though cos he has done a sterling job and were both out of pocket.
NeilT Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 well that all suck donkey d!ck m8 hope you get it all sorted in the end as long as the end results what you want this will all seem very funny in a few mounths time i hope
antz Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Posted January 12, 2009 well that all suck donkey d!ck m8 hope you get it all sorted in the end as long as the end results what you want this will all seem very funny in a few mounths time i hope ive been collecting bits for this 1700cc engine for over 2 years and it owes me over £2k in parts alone without the labour of building it. makes me wonder why i didnt just go for a zetec like i originally planned
NeilT Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 well that all suck donkey d!ck m8 hope you get it all sorted in the end as long as the end results what you want this will all seem very funny in a few mounths time i hope ive been collecting bits for this 1700cc engine for over 2 years and it owes me over £2k in parts alone without the labour of building it. makes me wonder why i didnt just go for a zetec like i originally planned holy crap m8 thats a long time, i compleat understand your frustration at the dely stick with the x-flow over the Ztech m8 iv got a fairly fruity 1 in my mkVI escort and personaly i don't thing they suit older cars imho
NeilT Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 O and good luck fella hope they get you engin all sorted this
D4N Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 oh dear thats bad luck mate hope you get your xflow al sorted soon. Be all worth it in the end, even though it might feel like it now
Retro-gone. Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 ive heard many tales of woe about park engineers from the 70's to present date, when i go out to 2.1 next year il be looking further afield.
SmokeEm Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Always best to use who you're builder suggests mate but i'm sure it'll all be worth it in the end Antz
antz Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Posted January 12, 2009 I have said it before many a time in jest but today I really do feel like giving up
D4N Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 I have said it before many a time in jest but today I really do feel like giving up 2years of gathering parts and £2000. you saying you feel like giving up. It will be worth it in the end mate theres no question about it Don't give up!
Delotus Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 That's rearly hard luck mate. A similar thing happened to me when i was having a highly 17 xflow built for my tina. I bought a complete engine from someone who was sopposed to know about tinas and escorts,sopposedly a 16gt,low miles and when i stripped it ,it was bolloxed and i mean bolloxed . It had the wrong 68if earlier crank fitted ,a heavily scored block (which wouldnt of matterd as it would of been bored out anyway ) but one of the grearbox mounting lugs was snapped! And it didn't even have a big valve head on it..!!,i payed a few bob for it too. Started again from scratch and ended up with a truelly stonking motor in the end. Set backs piss you off but it sometime helps you get it right second time around,even when it's not your fault. Keep pluggin away,you'll get there soon. Tim
antz Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Posted January 12, 2009 i know what you mean delotus. its just so annoying as i bought a 1700 block off ebay but thatw as the oen with th odd end caps. but in the mean time i had bought a scrap 1700 for bits which was £200 (but had some nice bits on it) then i ahd to buy another 1.6 for rebulding which is fooked (i cant blame the seller as they didnt know. it was sold as seen) so its just annoying it better be a good engine when its done or ill prob break down into tears and ball my eyes out like a 5 year old child but in this current financial situation and my redundancy looming in July, thats £200 could of done without spending
Delotus Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 I'm realy sorry to here that mate,i simpathize with you. Tim
MexDan Posted January 12, 2009 Report Posted January 12, 2009 Keep going at it Antz.. These fooking OSF's are never straight forward!! It'll fight you to the end, they always do.. but the miniute you turn that key, hear to old girl roar and get that back end out all the heartache will seem like a distant memory!! Keep going mate... You got a stonking car there and I cant wait to see the finished product!!!
antz Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Posted January 12, 2009 cheers mate. i sometiems wonder if the thing likes sitting in its nice damp garage in the dark out of the way...as it spends most of its time there its like a moody teenager. takes months tog et out of bed but once its out and woken up it loves it still a bit sore about the engine though on the upside ive got a block fr a coffee table, spare crank and some spare conrods should i ever need them
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