Originally Posted by
Twins
Great read there ,i dont envy you one bit there, looks a nightmare to work on
Supprisingly no, Ok its covered in 35 years of grease and drenched in oil from the head gasket fail, but that in its self has been a bonus as every nut and bolt (apart from one- will explain later) has come undone effortlessly!!
Also being such a big car, theres so much room to work around, its quite nice.
My escort cosworth to two of us the best part of 4 hours to remove the head, due to lack of space and im sure as any cossie owner will know "F^%*ing air con pipes"
Originally Posted by
boothy
good work, fuck me you have balls stripping that
Not really once you get over the evoking and awesome name Aston Martin, then it just becomes any other car with another engine.
Its just in the back of your mind your aware if anything goes wrong its gna cost. The head gasket kit alone cost almost £500!!
Total materials which i will run through at the end are looking over £1500 now. Aston Martin specialists will want £60+ per hour, so id dread to think what it would cost if it was sent away.
My head gasket on my landrover also needs doing it finally started to go at 180k
, in more nervous about this than the aston!
Just had a call head has been skimmed so expect rebuild pics very shortly!
