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tcb 180 · 05-07-13, 07:58 PM

Yes my lads is just back from mot and investigation work. We bought a duff closed deck replacement engine so here we are 6 months later and a total of £2,900 invested in a car that has come home minus engine and boxes full of parts, nuts & bolts. Guess who's about to do his first scooby rebuild?

Get on scooby net fella on there just done a big spec rebuild. Apparently you leave two pistons and rods in one side and remove gudgeon pins from the other two via inspection holes so when you part the blocks two halves, the crank comes out with two attached to their rods and the other two stay in the bores with the rods just dangling.

Be warned, huge costs for gaskets. We got them all in our prices as above and hopefully can sell on the closed deck block.

05-07-13, 07:58 PM	#38
tcb 180 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: gwent s.wales Posts: 517	Yes my lads is just back from mot and investigation work. We bought a duff closed deck replacement engine so here we are 6 months later and a total of £2,900 invested in a car that has come home minus engine and boxes full of parts, nuts & bolts. Guess who's about to do his first scooby rebuild? Get on scooby net fella on there just done a big spec rebuild. Apparently you leave two pistons and rods in one side and remove gudgeon pins from the other two via inspection holes so when you part the blocks two halves, the crank comes out with two attached to their rods and the other two stay in the bores with the rods just dangling. Be warned, huge costs for gaskets. We got them all in our prices as above and hopefully can sell on the closed deck block. Last edited by tcb 180; 05-07-13 at 08:02 PM.