Doh!..First hiccup on 164 Project.

["Tim Hancock" <timhancock@domain.elided>]

I knew it was too good to be true. The engine from the breakers which I was
assured over the telephone had " 24V" written on the plenum (cos I asked them
to check) turns out o be a 12 Valve motor when it was delivered to my friends
yard. Luckily I havn't paid for it so it is going straight back from whence it
came.

I am now of a mind to catalogue all the bits and pieces that arrived with the
car, and assuming a reasonably complete inventory, I will carry out a cylinder
head overhaul myself on the existing heads. Visually there are no obvious
bends in the valves or any signs of contact with the pistons, but I havn't
gone into any detail yet. Assuming that goes to plan I will take the car and
heads to the engine builder to reassemble, but this is not going to be a quick
job as I have too many things on my plate to give it all my spare time. Maybe
there are some positives to be taken from this apparent setback. We shall
see!

Tim Hancock

164TS Lusso   Boston  UK
164 Super  (The headless horsepower)
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