that sounds like a good idea, I'm quite tempted to have a go at doing it
myself. I have never touched the engine before, but I assume that
swapping heads over is a simple case of undoing a few bolts and then
doing them back up again?
That way I could put the old head on the car while I get round to fitting
the new springs and valves to the new head and re-fitting that at a later
date.
This is assuming that the piston isn't damaged of course, what are the
chances that it is damaged do you think? The engine has run for maybe 2
minutes with the problem at idle.
Also a while ago there was talk of single and double valve springs on
1500 dolomite engines, mine has double springs and is from a '77 model.
cheers
John
--- JohnZissler@aol.com wrote:
> Hi John, just a quick mention on the removal of the manifold, I have
> removed
> a few in my time and its not so bad. All i do is to remove the two
> flange
> bolts hat hold the downpipe onto the manifold, then remove the head
> complete
> with manifold. When it is off the car it is a simple task to unbolt the
>
> manifold from the head. The only reason I am telling you this is to let
> you
> know that the joy of doing it yourself can have both mental and
> monetary
> gains for yourself............but then again ?
>
> Happy Spitting...................John
> Spit Mk II (1966) in bits..or as some would say (in restoration)
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