Hi guys,
pretty new here so i'll give you some back story on my Discovery 2.
It was my dads vehicle, he owned it for for nearly 7 years or so and it was his lovechild. It's the Metropolis V8 with all the extras, Sat nav, cruise, ACE the lot.
About 4 years ago the engine overheated, so my dad stripped the heads cleaned everything up, did the valve seats and whatnot, but when he rebuilt it and turned the key he suspected oil and coolant was mixing. at this point he fell out with it and its been parked ever since.
he sadly passed away 6 months ago, and instead of selling a none runner for pennies im willing to get it back on the road. i've been searching high and low for an engine and cant seem to catch a break with either it costing 6k+ or it being a scammer company wanting to rip me off.
it's understandably seized at the moment, with it being parked for 4 years. the body and chassis are in really good condition, it has been undersealed at some point which has helped it out.
i'm no mechanic, but i am an engineer, so could do most of the work (i think)
my questions are;
Does anybody know where i can get an engine from?
would i be better off removing the engine and sending it for refurb? if so who could i send it to?
my dad never got the heads skimmed, would it be worth taking them off and getting skimmed and trying to run it?
its lpg converted and id like to get rid of that, i know it makes them run hotter, is it hard to remove? ecu an issue?
sorry for the novel, just looking for some advice, thanks in advance
pretty new here so i'll give you some back story on my Discovery 2.
It was my dads vehicle, he owned it for for nearly 7 years or so and it was his lovechild. It's the Metropolis V8 with all the extras, Sat nav, cruise, ACE the lot.
About 4 years ago the engine overheated, so my dad stripped the heads cleaned everything up, did the valve seats and whatnot, but when he rebuilt it and turned the key he suspected oil and coolant was mixing. at this point he fell out with it and its been parked ever since.
he sadly passed away 6 months ago, and instead of selling a none runner for pennies im willing to get it back on the road. i've been searching high and low for an engine and cant seem to catch a break with either it costing 6k+ or it being a scammer company wanting to rip me off.
it's understandably seized at the moment, with it being parked for 4 years. the body and chassis are in really good condition, it has been undersealed at some point which has helped it out.
i'm no mechanic, but i am an engineer, so could do most of the work (i think)
my questions are;
Does anybody know where i can get an engine from?
would i be better off removing the engine and sending it for refurb? if so who could i send it to?
my dad never got the heads skimmed, would it be worth taking them off and getting skimmed and trying to run it?
its lpg converted and id like to get rid of that, i know it makes them run hotter, is it hard to remove? ecu an issue?
sorry for the novel, just looking for some advice, thanks in advance
