Thread: getting parts from the uk

Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

true.I am nearly to the stage where I have everything and just needs extras or upgrades. The main problem with my resto is the bloody engine I have one that goes but will need work as it blows smoke but it is already in a completely original s1 and I do not want to take it out. I just wish the engine wasnt going to cost me so much

Hi Tony

As those S1 engine's aged they hardened the seals around the inlet valves and then suck's oil in past the valve stems whenever they had high manifold vacuum and if you look under the rocker cover straight after the engine has run, you will see because of the slope of the head that the oil lays around those valve stems.
Put a set of valve stem seals in first then take the bus for a long two hundred kilometre run to settle it down.
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I use Rimmer Brothers - Triumph Car Parts, MG Rover Car Parts, and Land Rover Car Parts and Spares. The postage is pricey but still cheaper then ordering from the eastern states and faster.

Regards
Jonesy