thought you were repairing ya own?

wat a plonka. you be lucky if it drys out and works again.{fingas crossed] if not then have to be new one and they aint cheap.

use the bottom 3.9 and top 4ltr and should all go together with fingers crossed. if it was me in your shoes that id what i would be doin gavin.

when ever any body joins, everybody else takes the ****. we all had it. welcome to loneyzone. and what a lovely name to go bye.

i ran big valve heads on 3.5 in mk2 escort many years ago they were actually equvilant to 3.9heads. so i cannot see why your 4ltr heads wont work. if it was me i would ditch the electrics and run carbs. im big fan of twin su.s or whak in a lovely 4 barrel holley for wicked accerlaration of the...

you need a very strong battery for a range. dont expect it to be less than around £70 at a guess. there is a battery that recommended for a range but i cannot remeber the number for it. try a search on this forum it only listed few weeks ago im sure.

im with above gavin, there no reason why the box wont fit as the block is more or less identical.

it be different in the states so id be happy to pay that. unless you can find cheaper. cheaper not alwys better tho.

your battery is completey knackered then if it wont take a jump just becos it 2wk old dont mean it good.{ i brought 1 once took it back same day as it was well xucked}. or ya leads are not sitted properly, or live feed to starter needs attention.

why $ and not £ ? skimming of heads is around £60 pair it simple job and dont take long. as for valve stems then probably another £50. so around £125 or so about right depending on the garage.

id go with height sensors. tho dunno for sure but if you got the codes read it might tell you what the fault is. that just a guess.

explain more on jump start? did it crank over and atempt to fire?

the heads are ally so yes get them skimmed dont cut corners. and yes again while they are of do the valve stems as well

you need to put jump leads on the starter terminals which will give you enough power to open the door. get under the car

it might of been head gasket but you already done that so that why you have the exhaust steam. you still have coolant problems i beleive, do you have another rad you can swap ova. it worth a try. also i pmd ya a message it only a thought worth looking at.

if not as above then you have to get codes read and reset. as with p38 we never disconect the battery, if battery dead then we run jump leads across while battery bein swapped to keep the currant flowing in the car. this stops the faults.

i dont think it the block gav, are you sure all the water ways are clear and you get a good flow through one end out the other if bottom hose of the rad is dissconnectd and stat is out?

just a thort gav but when you did run up the engine did you have plenty of antifreeze? if not then the coolant be frozen and you be overheating all over again mega quick.adam

see what happens with the heads first, looks like left bank head is warped. as for block new one over £15oo short engine