I paid $7500 for complete engine and transmission rebuild. Came out great in
the end but what a chase to get it back. I can tell you who NOT to use (he's
in CT)!
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> On Jul 23, 2014, at 6:42 PM, I Erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What is the engine#? Sorry to hear of your issues. Are you rebuilding the
> engine or having it done? Do you have a British Motor Heritage Trust
> certificate? Otherwise could be hard to authenticate matching engine.
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>
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> sent from smartphone, so what you read, may not be what I meant to send.
> On Jul 23, 2014 12:50 PM, "Chris Scholz" <drscholz@visioncenterpc.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> My name is Chris from Muscatine Iowa--I bought my first Healey last
>> summer--a
>> beautiful 100-6, english old white with red coves and red interior with a
>> non-original rebuilt engine. Car is in good shape but was running poorly
>> in
>> 2013. Found out the distributer and generator were bad, and there was
some
>> misalignment of the engine crank with the transmission. That was all
>> fixed
>> this winter and the car was running good this spring, except for an
>> occasional
>> spit.
>>
>> It quit on me last month, and was backfiring and wouldn't run. My trusty
>> mechanic checked the compression which was low, and barely within normal
>> limits. He did a leak-down test, and two or three cylinders are very
>> poor.
>> There is some black smoke on start-up. It appears that this rebuilt
>> engine
>> from the previous owner is wore out.
>>
>> I have the original engine which has a thrown rod. We are looking at
>> overhauling the original motor and having the car be complete numbers
>> matching. I will have a core motor for sale shortly, including the crank,
>> etc, if anyone is interested.
>>
>> I am frustrated that I have to go through an overhaul, but will be excited
>> to
>> have the car run like it was designed. Transmission and overdrive are in
>> excellent shape, so that is good news. Any advice is welcome. I feel
the
>> car is worth more with the original engine. We are not cutting any
>> corners
>> in the overhaul, since the rest of the car is in such good shape, we want
>> everything as close to perfect as possible. Thanks.
>>
>> Chris Scholz
>> 563-260-5067
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