- 1. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:19:50 -0500
- What's the average time for a B engine rebuild? I know there are lots of = variables here, but for a good, "I've never done this before", take your = time and do it right but don't dawdle rebuild, h
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01661.html (9,320 bytes)
- 2. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Skip Kelsey <kelsey@value.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 19:57:53 -0700
- You should plan on one day to disassemble the engine. Then you will spend a couple of hours deciding what to replace. Then you contact a GOOD machine shop. Preferably one that has done MG engines be
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01670.html (10,588 bytes)
- 3. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Hartwig <mhartwig@cbu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:27:51 -0500
- variables here, but for a good, "I've never done this before", take your time and do it right but don't dawdle rebuild, how many "man-hours" er..., "person-hours" ;) are we talking here? Rough estima
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01694.html (9,007 bytes)
- 4. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:13:42 -0500
- Hey, grease, sweat, curses and bloody knuckles are one of the purest forms of relaxation in my book! Does that make me sick or what? Dan variables here, but for a good, "I've never done this before",
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01711.html (9,267 bytes)
- 5. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 19:17:21 -0500
- Ok, thanks everyone! :)=20 Now, does anyone know a good shop in the Louisville, KY area? I KNOW = there aren't any clubs around here...(seen those complaints from others) Indy and Cincy are about 2 h
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01717.html (9,052 bytes)
- 6. Re: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Teacher122@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 21:51:38 -0400 (EDT)
- << Listers: What's the average time for a B engine rebuild? I know there are lots of variables here, but for a good, "I've never done this before", take your time and do it right but don't dawdle reb
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01731.html (8,020 bytes)
- 7. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 10:19:28 -0500 (EST)
- As has been stated it should take 1 day to take the engine out and dismantle it. Figure about 5 hours in the dismantling process. It will take about 12 hours to put it back together. This will allow
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01817.html (11,277 bytes)
- 8. RE: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: George Merryweather <georgem1@asiaonline.net.tw>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 06:47:19 +0800
- I generally agree with everything Art says, but would like to embellish = his comment on 'hot tanking'. This will also depend on the shop you are = using, and what facilities it has, My personal pref
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01842.html (13,242 bytes)
- 9. Re: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: "Vince J. Pujalte" <pujalte@stic.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 21:44:09 -0800
- Thanks for this tech tid-bit! Who will be our next tech contributor ;)? -Vince AKA: Pavlov in San Antonio
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01866.html (7,380 bytes)
- 10. Re: engine considerations - Time? (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 01:11:47 -0800
- That'd be me. My only advice for tearing down an engine would be to acquire or use an impact wrench. They're really great for rounding off bolt heads in a few seconds that would have taken minutes us
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01879.html (7,856 bytes)
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