Ruby Resto

all in the wrong place with the front panel you can leave it if you want but dosnt look right

 

Ah ok, not good. Please fix

 

Wanted urgent a good type 4 motor please or a good 1600 twin port

 

I think @poptop2 may have a 1600 for sale soon

 

What was wrong with the engine you pulled?

 

one has destroyed the crank - the other motor was full of mud and water not good at all i would guess it would have hydraulic

 

Lock?

 

Yes i guess so it is a real mess -

 

how does a non water cooled engine hydraulic lock? unless it has leaked fuel into the oil?

 

Water through the intake somehow

 

Engine was from an imported bus so god knows what's happened to it. Gutting though especially as my original engine has gone now. :-( oh well the hunt for an engine continues.

 

What do you want from an engine?

Is it to be a motorway plodder with reliabilty in mind or do you want to be able to rip it up the strip at the pod every now and then

 

Somewhere in between! Lol

 

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Like this pic of Ruby with her roof up and sporting her new door with the lovely Gladys watching from the garage.

 

it is full of mud inside barrels rusted crank has rust on it valve seat out of a head and a snapped valve - i would guess it hydraulic locked do i guess it would have bent rods as well

 

not if its been used in a river

 

yes i get the fact it could have water ingress through the air intake i hadn't thought of that due to it being in the rear and so high.

 

It could have !!!! it has please tell me how you get get silt and mud and water inside a crankcase if it hasn't been submerged ?????

 

maybe someone was using it to mix cement..................