Originally Posted by
turboRS
Went to pick it up this morning,
first impressions were YES very clean in and out! Pop the bonnet and theres signs of coolant loss out the rad cap and overflow!!
I dont understand how the bloke selling it and the garage it was MOT'd at failled to notice the headgasket gone!!
Anyway got it for a bargain as there was no way I was paying £940 for a knackered car!!
Anyone done a headgasket on one of these? Anything to be wary of?
Looks straight forward enough to do!
Also need to get hold of a drivers seat in blue leather if anyone knows of any sources?
ditch the seats mate a stick a pair of buckets in it, if you strip the interior out you'll shed a load of weight and it will be better to drive.
BHG is easy to do. only thing is its a straight six and the long front nose on them makes it back aching getting the head off. remove the inlet and exhaust manifolds before tring to lift it.
if you do it, go for a multilayer head gasket and new head bolts