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Camshaft holder ReMetaling
tilly819 - 25/2/12 at 03:06 PM

Hi all does anyone now anywhere that can do ReMetaling of camshaft holders/bearings then machine back to size

I "might" have dropped all my oil



cheers

tilly

tegwin - 25/2/12 at 03:17 PM

Wow thats ruined...

What engine is it? I suspect it would be cheaper to get another head from somewhere!

tilly819 - 25/2/12 at 03:19 PM

F20C

Ie S2000

You cannot got replacement carries without getting a new head and that's £2000

tilly

tegwin - 25/2/12 at 03:23 PM

£2000?! For a second hand one from a scrapyard? Really?

tilly819 - 25/2/12 at 03:29 PM

No thats for a new one,

i doubt id get one from a scrap yard, i would have thought that the scrappys would take those engines out as soon as the got them and sell them at a premium.

doubt they would just sell me the head

tilly

jollygreengiant - 25/2/12 at 03:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tilly819
No thats for a new one,

i doubt id get one from a scrap yard, i would have thought that the scrappys would take those engines out as soon as the got them and sell them at a premium.

doubt they would just sell me the head

tilly


There will ALWAYS be a scrappy somewhere that will sell just the head, or a potentially scrap engine with a good head, you have just got to try looking. What about a bent car with a damaged block, but the head would still be good.

The first pinto injection lump I ever fitted in a car I got for £50 cos the engine was knocking (someone had fitted it by jacking under the sump and crushed the sump pan up making the oil pick-up pipe contact the crank case, hence the knocking and with the consequent hole in the pick-up pipe hence no oil pressure. chnge the sump and pick-up pipe for nowt and job was a good'un.) The moral of it is, you just got to LOOK and you will find.


If your head bearings are that bad I also wouldn't hold much hope for the bottom end.

tilly819 - 25/2/12 at 03:52 PM

Your right, il have to try a few breakers, just had a look at the big ends and they look Ok

tilly

Ben_Copeland - 25/2/12 at 05:37 PM

Has potential ....

HONDA S2000 JDM F20C ENGINE RALLY ESCORT KIT CAR WESTFIELD F20C2 | eBay

Theres loads of engines on ebay for 2k

[Edited on 25/2/12 by Ben_Copeland]

tilly819 - 25/2/12 at 05:59 PM

^^^

I spotted this earlier today and sent an email, i got a reply a little while ago, might be onto a winner, im due some good luck after all the crap iv had today. fingers crossed

tilly

pewe - 25/2/12 at 06:07 PM

You need to talk to a company which does White Metalling - these guys came up first on google:-
http://www.formhalls.com/
HTH.
Cheers, Pewe10

paulf - 25/2/12 at 10:24 PM

I have repaired heads with damaged cam bearings in the past but it is not likely to be cost effective.The firm I worked for used to line bore the bearing caps until they cleaned up oversize and then we metal sprayed the cam journals and ground to fit the head.We used to do a lot of rover 2600 heads as they suffered badly from oil starvation and also repaired a few peugot diesel heads after people overtightened the cam covers breaking the bearing caps in the process.
So there is another option if you cant get a used head but what is the rest of the engine like? the crank may look ok but ideally the rods and journals need to be measured as big ends tend to go out of round if ran with no oil pressure.
Paul