NBMike Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Can anyone suggest a source for BMC cylinder heads. My mate 's one has cracked near the thermostat housing. He's been given two other heads but after many hours of cleaning up, he found the valves were shot on both of them. No cruising til its fixed Edited July 1, 2012 by NBMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Can anyone suggest a source for BMC cylinder heads. My mate 's one has cracked near the thermostat housing. He's been given two other heads but after many hours of cleaning up, he found the valves were shot on both of them. No cruising til its fixed How are the valves in the original cracked head? Surely you can get one good set of valves out of three heads Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Taylor Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi, Give Calcutt boats a shout,they should be able to help. Phone no 01926 813757. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete23 Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 calcut boats do a lot of bmc stuff i think, but there on the other side of cheap. north kilworth marina might be worth a try aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBMike Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 How are the valves in the original cracked head? Surely you can get one good set of valves out of three heads Richard Apparently the guides are knackered.(Hearsay) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) Apparently the guides are knackered.(Hearsay) Same size as the petrol head? If so the guides are readily obtainable: http://www.leacyclassics.com/parts/mg/mgbgt-v8/engine-components-1800-5-bearing/12h2222.html Richard Edited July 1, 2012 by RLWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hi, Give Calcutt boats a shout,they should be able to help. Phone no 01926 813757. Make sure you are sitting down with a large Scotch first, though ! Calcutt will tell you 1.5 heads will not interchange with 1.8, whereas other will tell you they have done it without problems. (Don't you just love clear messages!). Are we talking a 1.5 or a 1.8 engine, BTW ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hmmm, this document says: Austin 1500, 1622, 1800 ("B" series) Ex .343 x .564 x 2.295 BMC diesel .342 x .594 x 2.625 I'm not clear if that is the 1800 diesel Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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