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[tigers_gonads]

Got a couple of 3ltr heads here if needed bud 

[omega3000]

Kinell  Back to the drawing board , still at least you have some spares 

[doz]

Talk about bad luck.

[sjc]

Man, you must love that car!  Most would've weighed it in by now!

I'm about to do an engine swap on mine actually - got any tips for removal and re-fitting?  Not worried about the connections as such, just the physical aspect of getting the lump out and back in.

Will be with box attached and I have an engine crane.

Actually, will start new topic and close-out this thread-jack. http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=113512.msg1431335#msg1431335

[Murph]

That I do, but more importantly the previous owner was my step-kids grandfather so they won't let me scrap it!   

Anyhoo... work continues.

We got the new heads ported and got one fitted but as we went to fit the second I found this...

That's one of several quite large pits on the mating face of the head.  It's the head that blew it's gasket on the old engine so I was'nt happy with using this one.
So... back out with the porting kit and another head was modified to suit.  of course that meant stripping out 12 bent valves and fitting nice straight ones.  While we were there the manifolds got a little attention too.

Not too much, just a little flow improvement.
While I was inspecting the other parts I found some damage caused by the roller that broke loose.

That's the inside of the cambelt housing back plate, so I dug a spare out of the parts bin.

I also found a set of gaskets for the plastic cam covers so they will be refitted.

Due to delays we only got as far as fitting the second head and even then it's still not torqued down properly, but at least progress has been made.
I'll try to get some time in on the car during the week but a sick missus is limiting my free time at the moment.
Watch this space....

[2woody]

if you think this is extreme, just wait till I tell you about my week of Omegas

[Kevin Wood]

if you think this is extreme, just wait till I tell you about my week of Omegas

<Balanced on edge of seat> Go on, then...

[2woody]

not till its running......

[omega3000]

You must have a big parts bin murph , but its always handy  Ive still got a few bits left in the shed ready for the next one 

[Murph]

Actually no. 

My parts bin consists of the old engine.  And nothing else!

So far that's all I've needed though, thankfully.

[2woody]

so far this week, I've robbed two cylinder blocks, three crankshafts and five cylinder heads out of my stockpile and it still won't run.

[Murph]

Then surely the problem must be electrical rather than mechanical? 

[Andy H]

so far this week, I've robbed two cylinder blocks, three crankshafts and five cylinder heads out of my stockpile and it still won't run.

Five cylinder heads? Two cylinder blocks? What are you building, a W15?

[sjc]

so far this week, I've robbed two cylinder blocks, three crankshafts and five cylinder heads out of my stockpile and it still won't run.

Five cylinder heads? Two cylinder blocks? What are you building, a W15?

Can't wait to see the rolling road figure for that!!

[2woody]

ok - so the first engine succumbed to big-end failure

reground crankshaft and bearings fitted, when I noticed the crack in the block

next - out for a block change and auto-ectomy

then when it went back in, the oil pump sprang a massive internal leak, leading to big end failure no. 2

then, once rebuilt with another crank, it ran for just about a minute before seizing a cam bearing and pulling the cam belt off.

so I changed the RH head for one without bent valves and properly set up the timing again, only to find out ( the hard way ) that the key inside the crank pulley had broken and the pulley shifted out of line. actually, the backfire was so intense that the air filter box left the building through the roofing boards.

so, the latest new head and crank pulley were fitted this afternoon and it runs again.

some things are sent from above to remind you that you're not quite as clever as you'd hope