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Formhalls Vintage & Racing Ltd

Advisable Specifications (Depending on condition)

Treat the following items as suspect, and assume they will need replacing - Also weigh up time needed for thorough inspection against the cost of an available replacement

Replace All bearings, valve guides, springs, timing chains etc

Some silent chain pitch can be very hard to come by

Crack / Pressure test cylinder head / block (essential on an unknown engine), crankshaft & con rods -   Do not assume that, for example: a second hand block is crack free and will hold water just because the person selling it has given it a nice new coat of paint!

2 views of a brand new MG PB casting - no corrosion or frost damage to worry about here!

Regrind crankshaft

Left - 2 "large" reground cranks - a 14 litre Le France and a Blackstone   Right - Machining Blackstone big end for conversion to white metal

White metal (in Hoyt's 11R or 11Z3) mains & big end bearings, line bore & fit (unless shell or roller bearings fitted)

One of our specialties - Please click to go to White Metaling section

Reface flywheel / Fit new starter ring gear

Left - A refaced flywheel and re-lined clutch  Right - old compared with new starter ring gears

Rebore / hone cylinders – fit liners if required

Left - Austin 7 Liners          Right - Liners fitted to block and bored to size

Rebuild or replace oil pump as necessary

An oil pump undergoing inspection

Rebush small ends to fit new gudgeon pins as required

Honing a semi floating small end to fit a gudgeon pin from a "modern" piston

             To contact us: Phone 01725 511684    

                                    Fax 01725 511684     

Email: Enquiries@formhalls.com 

Formhalls Vintage & Racing Ltd. Greycott, Lower Densome Wood, Woodgreen, 

New Forest, Hampshire, SP6 2BE England

(Callers by appointment only please)

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