Rebuild or new

[Stuster]

Hi all

After taking engine out to do new fuel lines... I started tinkering and ended up taking the heads off....

Anyway, glad I did as one is shot http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=53460" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ! I'm now looking at a top end rebuild, or replacement engine. There was very little endfloat so I'm leaving the bottom end alone. My unit is a late 70s Mexican number- is it worth rebuilding or would people just go for a replacement. If a replacement- who are the good guys to get one off? I like rebuilding the engines, but sometimes economics get in the way...

What would you do?

 

[Happystamps]

no point in throwing money away.
check the ring gaps, hone the cylinders if they need it, replace the heads.
Make sure you tighten the heads down a little over to test the threads- could be that you'll need to fit a helicoil or two if it's started pulling the head studs out.