Good News The Head Has Arrived

[mark g8awo]

After numerous phone calls the head finally arrived from night freight this morning.........i eventually got through all of te heat shrink to find no damage to the shaft........

[Guest]

After numerous phone calls the head finally arrived from night freight this morning.........i eventually got through all of te heat shrink to find no damage to the shaft........

Good stuff.

Don't forget to remove the small semicircular blanking plug from the back of the old head and install it on the new head with some gasket sealant.

I forgot this when doing mine and sent the head back with it on. They had to send it back to me. Unfortunately I had put the head on and it pi**ed oil all over my drive (and my mother in laws too). Luckily you can install it with the head on.

Good luck

[mark g8awo]

Good News The Head Has Arrived

Thanks andy i will bear that in mind

[colincd]

After numerous phone calls the head finally arrived from night freight this morning.........i eventually got through all of te heat shrink to find no damage to the shaft........

Nice one Mark....

Good luck with the fitting of the New Head, if you have a Digi Camera
Take some photos and post them up

[bensonsnuts]

Nice one Mark....

Good luck with the fitting of the New Head, if you have a Digi Camera
Take some photos and post them up

Heres a few pics from my head job

[bensonsnuts]

more

[bensonsnuts]

etc

[Guest]

etc

Geoff.

Did you have the engine out for other things or did you just do it for access, did mine with the engine in Situ.

Cheers

[colincd]

Geoff.

Did you have the engine out for other things or did you just do it for access, did mine with the engine in Situ.

Cheers

I was going to say that

Thought that it would be easy to do the job with the engine Still in the Surf??????

[bensonsnuts]

If you,ve been around for a while you may remember my head went on the way back from Donnington 4x4 show in Feb. After much heart & wallet ache a new head was fitted by a guy in Loughboro.
I was unhappy with the work after only a couple of weeks & after giving him ample chances to fix it (250mile round trip) I had to concede it was not worth pursueing. I got my regular mechanic to strip the head etc & redo all the work.It was a shocking job !
Really to restore my own confidence in the car & engine I asked the mechanic to check all the bottom end of the engine & also used it as an opportunity to fit a new clutch . So we decided to take the engine out .
It runs a lot better now just thought people might like to see the pics

[TonyN]

Mark, is this the missing head, or another one UKCylinderheads sent you?

[Guest]

If you,ve been around for a while you may remember my head went on the way back from Donnington 4x4 show in Feb. After much heart & wallet ache a new head was fitted by a guy in Loughboro.
I was unhappy with the work after only a couple of weeks & after giving him ample chances to fix it (250mile round trip) I had to concede it was not worth pursueing. I got my regular mechanic to strip the head etc & redo all the work.It was a shocking job !
Really to restore my own confidence in the car & engine I asked the mechanic to check all the bottom end of the engine & also used it as an opportunity to fit a new clutch . So we decided to take the engine out .
It runs a lot better now just thought people might like to see the pics

I remember now. Glad it all worked out in the end.

Cheers

[mark g8awo]

Good News The Head Has Arrived

Yes tony this is the missing head it allegedly slipped out of the box......


I think i smell a farm yard somewhere !

[colincd]

Yes tony this is the missing head it allegedly slipped out of the box......


I think i smell a farm yard somewhere !

A Bl***y great thing like a Surf Head "Slipped" out of the Box

AND we ALL belive that now don't we........................NOT

[marky]

did it slip out of thr box before they wrapped it up mmmmm