A65 OIF engine rebuild.

[A10 JWO]

A guy I know is willing to pull my basket case engine to bits for a clean and inspection. Unlike me, he has all the correct tools and is very competent. Obviously I will be paying for all the required spare parts, gaskets etc. He will be charging by the hour and I trust him on that. My question is how many hours should the tear down and rebuild take on average. I appreciate that there could be complications which we will review, just an average please. Thanks.

PS Forgot to mention, the head and barrels are off and I will be refitting them.

[Bess]

Hi,
    Difficult question to answer, you might need regrinds on the ends, main journals, new bushes for the cam or timing side cover among other things. I have attached SRM's 2016 price list to give you and idea of possible scenarios.

https://issuu.com/srmclassicbikes/docs/srm_engine_services_price_list

Best wishes...

[A10 JWO]

Thanks Bess. The last A65 he did  was £800, he did say it took as long to sort out the sludge trap as it did to strip the engine. can't afford SRM at £2500. They do a cracking job and in fact bought a posh oil pump off them for my A10. My bloke would farm out any machining so I am looking at prices and hours for strip and rebuild. I know my big ends are good. Thanks.

[Mike Farmer]

 

I had one done last year all in bottom end inc regrinding and bearings etc was less than £350 Did not include rebore that was another £110 plus pistons at normal cost. So all in about £550.

Mike

[Bess]

Hi,
    It took me a day to strip down and just over a day to rebuild, say 20 hours labour maximum should suffice.


Best wishes...

[A10 JWO]

Thanks to Mike and Bess, sounds fair.