NOT HAPPY AND NEEDING BIG HELP

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deej027
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NOT HAPPY AND NEEDING BIG HELP

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Right i throught i would go cruising around for abit, jumped in started the engine everything seemed fine got to the bottoem of the drive, and i heard a tapping noise ad i throught i got grass in the belts again, stopped got out cheacked nothing wrong revved it up and.....BANG and lots of smoke...i throught f***in great what now, couldn't see anything jacked her upand there right in front of my eyes was the conrod and what lookied to be a remains of a few pistons, looked further up the engine and saw a hole big enuf for a fist and 3 fingers.

So now i need to find me a crane and a helping set of hands and swap me f***in engines over

as u can tell am reli p****d off.

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where are you hun, can supply a crane? not the engine i'm afraid :cry:

feckin pisser that is :cry:
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i have the engine, but u may be a bit too far away, I live in the Orkney Islands (off the north coats of scotland)
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Not good - what's the engine?
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tthe same but hopefully with an rebuild. How easy is this to do?
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deej027 wrote:tthe same but hopefully with an rebuild. How easy is this to do?
With a hole in the engine block? not likely.
New block, pistons, crank, conrods at least. Better to pick up another engine, probably cheaper too.
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whoops, another engine ive heard of go bang this week :o
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