[Healeys] 3000 engine on eBay

[Ian Hey]

Looks more or less complete.

 

Minimum costs will be:  clean block and resin seal (£200); rebore; regrind
crank  (£690 for both in Dec 2018);  new brgs, including camshaft if you
have dipped the block; new pistons;  head work to make it suitable for
unleaded fuel (I estimated £1,000 minimum for this, but forked out for an
aluminium head); new oil pump (DWR about £180+VAT).  The rocker shaft is
expensive to fix properly – labour cost to ream the bushes.  You will
probably need a camshaft (£500+ depending upon what you buy);  rear crank
oil seal (£45 +VAT, but machine shop to fit properly);  then of course you
will need timing chain (don’t buy an £8 one), all gaskets, clutch, and
whatever else is knackered.  The distributor is not shown in the photos, nor
is the distributor tower.  The latter could be difficult to source.  Some
prices include VAT, some do not.

 

For those in the USA, VAT is Value Added Tax, levied at 20% for sales within
the UK.  Exports are exempt, so you do not pay it.

 

Payen gaskets are no longer available from the specialists, but they are
still in the supply chain.  Ask an engine builder to find a head gasket.  I
bought four, and was offered seven more!  The special gaskets available now
are very expensive.

 

Pistons are interesting.  I don’t know from where they come nowadays, but
Ahead4Healeys and AH Spares show an additional oil ring at the bottom which
was not on my original pistons, or the ones in the photos.  I bought Omega
pistons from Denis Welch.  £800+VAT.  However standard pistons are around
£225+VAT.  The sum of the width of all standard piston rings is around 9.8
mm per piston.  For the Omega pistons this is 3.2mm.  Since piston friction
is 20% of engine friction, this represents a reduction of about 13% of total
engine friction, which could be up to 10bhp at max power.  Omega pistons are
also 16% lighter than standard.

 

Just my thoughts.  I am currently putting my engine together, so all of the
costs are impressed upon my brain and my bank account.

 

Simon, I believe that you are in the UK from previous posts.  Contact me for
more info if you wish.

 

Ian

 

 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of
simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com
Sent: 16 June 2020 19:45
To: 'Healeys' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] 3000 engine on eBay

 

I have often lingered over the idea of buying a 3000 engine to rebuild. More
or less as a challenge/hobby. And to teach myself how to do it
ie to move
from theory into practise. But these engines are not cheap and they’re not
getting any cheaper.

So – and I’d be obliged if you all forebore the temptation to buy it! – this
is currently on UK eBay. I just don’t know enough to judge it. Getting those
pistons out seems to have involved something fairly drastic. (Good old
Amatol perhaps?)

Does anyone have any advice

? Is this a “Don’t touch it with a barge pole.
It’s probably wrecked.” Or “Could be a good cheap start point to an
expensive project”. Or what



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Simon

 

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