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General Topics Forums => Unimog build threads => Other projects => Topic started by: Rabbit Recovery on October 06, 2015, 11:25:00 pm
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They must have known what they were doing with your w123! The SEC is spider heaven!
Re the Ranger, a replacement engine would be easier but I have priced the parts from a company I trust and it looks like just over £600 for cam, 4 Pistons, liners, main bearings, shims, gaskets, rockers, clutch and anything else I could think of. The joys of a mass produced Mazda engine! And as most people are looking for between £600 and £1200 for an unwarranted 2nd hand lump I think I best invest some time stripping mine and checking it will go again first. :)
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you'd think they new what they were doing :P The interior on my w123 is unbelievably tidy, even with a smashed rear window there's not even any spiders in there!
Bad news about the motor, not easier to just fit a new engine?
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Nope no drilling required. Merc had even though of that! After I had bailed most of it out and lifted the carpet I found rubber drain bungs! :D
Anyway it will be a while longer as the ranger that I have has it now appears a broken cam shaft, 2 broken rockers, a badly burnt piston and a pitted piston! :'( Time to rebuild that one first and another delay to getting the cab heater installed in the Mog. :-\
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Lovely :) glad i didn't have to clean the swamp out though! Did you just drill a hole in the floor to clear it?
I like the interior colour, better than the bright blue on my W123 anyway :D
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More shots of the basket case!
It has now been drained of its swap and parked up in the barn and shut away until I feel really brave :D
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Well it was the father in laws, it has stood idle for 14 years and is now in my finances name. Consequently it is now my basket case! :o