Does Anyone have a Dead 3.9 they want to get rebuilt?

Disco_owner · #1 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 11:03 AM

Hi guys,

would there be anyone out there with a dead rover 3.9 V8 that's lying around the shed / garage that would like to revive depending on the condition of the motor or wants to sell cheap that I can rebuild in my garage. If you'd like to have it back I'm happy to spend the hours building it on my spare time ,you can have it back for what I spent on parts.

My reasons for doing this is ;

A) To Learn

fill my spare time
C) & keep off the computer. apparently I'm spending way too much time on here.

I'd like to take my time to to do this just for fun. will take some photos and post them up as well. If anyone is interested.

I'm about to buy an engine building cradle /Jack , ( what ever you wanna call it ).so please let me know.

Lotz-A-Landies · #2 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 11:15 AM

I ve got a 3.5 that I'd be happy for you to learn on - the only problem is that it's already in pieces. (Not by me)

Diana

Disco_owner · #3 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I ve got a 3.5 that I'd be happy for you to learn on - the only problem is that it's already in pieces. (Not by me)

Diana

Hi Diana

That should be fine. Is it a complete engine in pieces ? are you wanting this Engine back once it's rebuilt ? and what parts can be salvaged ? any idea ?

garrycol · #4 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 11:34 AM

I have a 3.9 but I want to have the fun of rebuilding it myself

- no I am not into S&M.

I will be going for top hat or pinned liners the price in rebuild is only marginal over normal liners.

The two questions I have not resolved at this time is whether to stroke the engine and whether to increase the compression ratio.

Garry

Disco_owner · #5 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by garrycol

I have a 3.9 but I want to have the fun of rebuilding it myself

- no I am not into S&M.

I will be going for top hat or pinned liners the price in rebuild is only marginal over normal liners.

The two questions I have not resolved at this time is whether to stroke the engine and whether to increase the compression ratio.

Garry

S&M ?

Also If you have an Engine and would are planning on rebuilding it yourself , they why reply?

Edit: Sorry Garry , that was inappropriate response , I'm not able to
answer the Q regarding the TopHat Liner Vs Normal Liner , someone
on here can answer that question , I'm also interested to know the
differences and advantage of a Tophat liner

Lotz-A-Landies · #6 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Hi Diana

That should be fine. Is it a complete engine in pieces ? are you wanting this Engine back once it's rebuilt ? and what parts can be salvaged ? any idea ?

I believe that it is a complete engine although what I have is quite a number of pieces in boxes, jars and tins along with the rest of the vehicle in pieces and boxes jars and tins. The only things that I may want to keep are the rocker covers for another stage 1 engine.

I don't need the engine back and you can have it just to get it out of the storage shed it's in.

Diana

Disco_owner · #7 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I believe that it is a complete engine although what I have is quite a number of pieces in boxes, jars and tins along with the rest of the vehicle in pieces and boxes jars and tins. The only things that I may want to keep are the rocker covers for another stage 1 engine.

I don't need the engine back and you can have it just to get it out of the storage shed it's in.

Diana

Thanks for this Diana

i'll make arrangements to pick it up , I can't imagine 2nd hand Rocker covers would be that exxy.

abaddonxi · #8 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 01:01 PM

Oh well, another wild plan down the drain.

Lotz-A-Landies · #9 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Oh well, another wild plan down the drain.

¿Qué?

garrycol · #10 (**permalink**) 3rd July 2009, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

S&M ?

Also If you have an Engine and would are planning on rebuilding it yourself , they why reply?

Edit: Sorry Garry , that was inappropriate response , I'm not able to
answer the Q regarding the TopHat Liner Vs Normal Liner , someone
on here can answer that question , I'm also interested to know the
differences and advantage of a Tophat liner

Ok - my points - no I do not have an engine but to do a rebuild properly without all the right gear and tools but can be a bit tedious and frustrating with certain specialist bits having to be contracted out. Rebuilding an engine can be a bit masochistic - tedious and frustrating but immensly satisfying in the end.

I appreciate you want an engine to practice on - that also implies making mistakes and possibly wrecking the engine in a worst case scenario or creating a masterpiece at the other end - and all in between.

Many dead 3.9s will be dead because of slipped liners - you need to learn all about this before you start. There are three remedies - refit standard liners (not good), use top hat liners to stop them moving in the future (can be expensive) or using a pin to hold the liner in place - most engineering places are not keen on this but some will do it - less expensive. Even if the engine does not have slipped liner you need to consider what you will do with the liners.

Most 3.9s have the lower compression ratio - do you want to stay with this or go higher with improved performance. What about pistons etc.

My original post in a round about way simply raised a couple of issues that you will have to decide on before you start the rebuild or about the time the heads are off - you obviously did not know about these.

Good luck with it.

Garry

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