would you believe it? (part 2!!!!)

[antz]

you will all remember my engine problems a couple of weeks ago with line boring, mismatched end caps, a new engine being knackered etc etc etc etc.

 

well i spoke to my engine buikder today who said he had a funny story o tell.

he took my block to the engineers to be line bored and whilst fiddling around to work out the best possible position for each cap to sit in before they bore it they found somethign very odd......they all matched the block perfectly.

 

this is odd as according to the casting marks I have 1 front, 1 front middle and 3 rear instead of a complete set of front, front middle, middle, middle rear and rear.

 

it seems that when this block was made at ford, they must of ran out of middle and middle rear end caps so just used rears instead

 

so long story short. they do match, the engine builder apologised a lot, i laughed a lot and is all ok and doesnt need boring!!

 

wouldnt put it past ford though

[Copey]

hahaha, well thats good news then

[emu]

make sure he re-marks them then, so you dont have the same drama in the future

 

Glad to hear its worked out ok too

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

As Emu said, and also make sure there is a 'Middle' cap in the middle as these are slightly wider than the others. They are wider because they hold the crankshaft thrusts in place

[antz]

couldnt believe it

 

cheers for the advice dudes

[NeilT]

great stuff glad to hear it all came good in the end you can crack on now with the build i now

[antz]

indeed i can!!!!

 

i had a long chat with the builder last night and decided it would be best to trailer the car up there as i dont facy driving it 30miles to the garage when the mot ran out last october and i need to get my leccy ignition remapped for the new engine.

[NeilT]

good idear its not werth the agrow if you get cought