Free to Good Home - 1989 Montego 1.6L - Gillingham, Kent

[The Express Valeter]

im not sure how this has all come about,

we have a person who has been let down by the owner and a person who has paid for a car that I was told was free.

serves me right for trying to help, next time i'll be less likely to help these garage finds get new owners

its all irrelevant now, as at the end of the day, a montego has found a good home.

No keep posting up as at least the car survived this way.

[turbo_stu]

im not sure how this has all come about,

we have a person who has been let down by the owner and a person who has paid for a car that I was told was free.

serves me right for trying to help, next time i'll be less likely to help these garage finds get new owners

its all irrelevant now, as at the end of the day, a montego has found a good home.

I apologise if my earlier reply was out of line and offended you.

its the previous owner that has wound me up, not you, not hairyone.
As I already said its gone to a better home where it will be saved and pulled apart for the benefit of my mg's.

Perhaps we should all be more open with our intentions when these cars are posted up and just concentrate on saving them ;-)

[seacow]

I apologise if my earlier reply was out of line and offended you.

its the previous owner that has wound me up, not you, not hairyone.
As I already said its gone to a better home where it will be saved and pulled apart for the benefit of my mg's.

Perhaps we should all be more open with our intentions when these cars are posted up and just concentrate on saving them ;-)

it certainly sounds like there has been skullduggery going on but the important part is that the 2 key players are both happy and its the right outcome for the car.

You must keep posting these things up here as there have been many good cars found homes this way!

[hairyone]

Well i will not bother again i have paid for a car that was free and it needs at least an engine rebuild or a new One the way i feel now it will get stripped for parts and weighed in to get some Money back

[seacow]

Well i will not bother again i have paid for a car that was free and it needs at least an engine rebuild or a new One the way i feel now it will get stripped for parts and weighed in to get some Money back

Bugger - whats the rest of it like - body etc?

[turbo_stu]

Well i will not bother again i have paid for a car that was free and it needs at least an engine rebuild or a new One the way i feel now it will get stripped for parts and weighed in to get some Money back

there's a few bits I could do with then if you end up stripping it
Surely if its only been in the garage a dew years there must have been an engine issue in the first place for it to now knackered in a relatively short time. What I mean is it feels like she's been a bit deceptive about it.
I assume you haven't had a chance for a proper investigation yet?

[bodgit0_0]

Well i will not bother again i have paid for a car that was free and it needs at least an engine rebuild or a new One the way i feel now it will get stripped for parts and weighed in to get some Money back

If the rest of the car is worth saving I will be able to help out with a low mileage 1.6 lump. Will include all ancillaries and gearbox if that helps. Really good runner as it did 650 miles last week.

Will be available next month.

Let me know if its any use.

[The Express Valeter]

If the rest of the car is worth saving I will be able to help out with a low mileage 1.6 lump. Will include all ancillaries and gearbox if that helps. Really good runner as it did 650 miles last week.

Will be available next month.

Let me know if its any use.

That is a nice offer, would be good to save the car.

[hairyone]

To be fair it is worth saving but i have had such a bad week then to be told i paid for a free car has Really peed me Off.I only it got to keep me busy and to bond with my kids to take my mind Off the fact i finaly Lost my mum to cancer on friday morning and it has got me harder than i thought,the car will get done just need to sort myself out first.i may take you up on the offer of a spare engine once i have give the car a proper going over
Cheers
Mick

[BIGDAVE]

sorry to hear about your mother.
maybe get the funeral over and maybe when you feel
things start getting beter. you can get back to your project
for your kids. best wishes dave

[hairyone]

Kids have cleaned the car and to be fair its pretty good looks like it has has new arches at some time.engine wise got the head of and the bores look fine but engine is still locked solid.when i get five mins i might take the sump of and have a look in side.any got any ideas why it could still be locked up
Cheers
Mick

[Guest]

The Garage find 1.6 I have here had a similar issue, low miles and long term storage did it no favours.

You need to soak the bores in a light oil for a week and gentle "rock" the pistons by using a socket and bar on the crank pulley bolt.

The rings will have "stuck" to the cylinders, and unless your careful you will snap the rings and damage the walls.

Mine was very "tight" but turned, so for your's I would suggest a hot oil treatment seeing as you have the head off.
take an old or cheap saucepan and heat up some new engine oil.
Once starting to "simmer" take off heat and pour slowly into the cylinders to just below the top of the block. if two pistons are fully "up" use a spoon to "administer" the hot oil around the edges allowing it to seep down.

Leave until cold, and you should see the levels have fallen and the level on the dipstick rise. check to see if you have movement(gently) and repeat as needed until fully free.

This will not only help free off the engine, but will also aid in cleaning out any cruddy oil in the cylinders/pistons and lower bores, as the hot oil mixes with the sump oil it will also loosen up any debris in the sump.

Prepare to have a large washing up bowl / bucket for dropping the oil out.



Mal.

[hairyone]

Thanks for the information mal will give it a try in the week

[BIGDAVE]

how about useing some penertrating oil if the bores are rusty

[hairyone]

Update pleased to say bottom end is now free and spinning fast enough to put the oil light out.checked the bores and they are perfect.just got to decoke and refit the head and touch wood it will be good to go