Hello scimjim and Abitious_Tas!
Sorry for the delay in answering!
I will eventually get around to checking the engine scimjim, thanks for that.
And Am-Tas, yes they would do you a flip-front, as when I ordered my bodyshell Tribute asked me if I wanted a flip-front
and regretfully I said no!
Landmannnnn, how right you were/are!!!
The engine re-builder I have tasked with the rebuild of my 1300 engine rang me the other day to say that after stripping my motor and doing some pricing, he was sorry to inform me that it would cost ONE THOUSAND POUNDS PLUS VAT Sir............
Bloody hell;!!
By all accounts it needs a rebore, new pistons, crank regrind AND
a bloody camshaft!
Right at this moment, I have no XKSS which drives, so very reluctantly I have given him the go-ahead.
I ran this news past a mechanical mate of mine who thought a grand for rebuild was CHEAP!
Perhaps I'm too old-fashioned, but a grand to me is still a lot of readies, but as I said, as we speak, it should be being sorted out.
Watch this space...............
Last edited by Scottie22; 3rd July 2017 at 16:22..
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