I knew i forgot someone mate lol, thanks for the messages even thow the part were you put "thats the easy part" worried me a little, and i am grateful for the offer of you comin to help, not many people would have offered.

well done niff and your grandad thats some piece of work.

well the only thing i have done today is take the new engine from my house upto my ucles were im doing the swap.

The past few days have caught up with me and i feel ruff.

Going to have tomorrow off and then start the process of getting the new engine ready to go in.

Hoping to have it in for around wednesday of next week, ill keep you all posted.

Well done James,
Its always handy to throw yourself in the deep end and familiarise yourself with the car.Plus i am booked solid for the next 9 weeks i think now.

A few words of advice though.
When its all back in if you have the following problems.
Go to start and fans cut in but no starter(earth strap not connected to gearbox )
And if the code light stays on(connected O2 sensor to the code wiring,same style plug)

Also give me a bell when you come to refit the Ps pump....Its easier than it looks.
Well done though,
not an easy job.
You ll have to nip it by when its done...

cheers mate, i will be nipping it by once ive done, just for a good check over and also id like to have the underneath sealed aswell.

Thats as long as i do manage to get the new engine in and the car running.

Youll be fine Mate,just take your time and dont rush it.
Also switch your phone off.
Thats the cause of many problems.

well after spending most of today fitting the gearbox and new clutch i have finally dropped the new engine in and its on all the mounts including the gearbox mounts.

How chuffed am i to have managed this, it was pretty straight forward.

Just got to fit the powersteering pump, alternator, rad and then connect all the hoses up and the rest of the loom.

Also got to refill with all the fluids again but hopefully by the end of tomorrow i should be just about there.

well done matey, be proud - now lets all pray that it goes well and starts, and then runs well forever

fingers crossed mate.

Nice one bud!

Oh proccy, why'd you have to come bounding in and jinx it, other people's cars are allowed to run you know

nah i think i'm having everyone's bad luck right now, niff's will be great i'm sure - then we'll have another meet at chezvegas

Good going James,well done.

did not do much today as i had some appointments this afternoon.

I did have a couple of hours this morning, got the driveshafts fitted, fitted the gear selectors back onto the box and also re fitted the powersteering pump, pully, and pipes.

Just need to get the alternator on, rad and re fit exhaust, then sort the fluids out.

Should be about ready to start her up hopefully tomorrow.

Good luck Niffy, you are now very close to the end!

Just don't do what a good friend of mine did (and no, it wasn't me!), in his excitement at fitting a new engine all by himself, he meticulously filled it her up with coolant and started the engine.........having totally forgotten to put *any* oil in the blooming thing!

god thats shocking, ive got a list ive made up of things todo before even considering firing her up. Filling the engine with oil was one of those, after fitting a new oil filter, which i fitted today,

If i manage to find the time she should be done tomorrow afternoon.

Cheers stan

Well, it's nearly as bad as the brilliant, rebuilt engine I sold many years ago that was going into a bare-metal resprayed MGB (the engine was a Morris Marina 1.8TC, rebored to the max and ported etc etc).

Not only did I tell the buyer, a close friend of mine at the time, who also happened to be a mechanic, that the oil pressure sender wasn't fitted, but I wrote it down on a luggage label and tied it to the top of the engine.

You can guess what happened next.......he, at least, did remember to fill the engine with oil, and then started the engine up before discovering that his shiny engine bay (due to be seen all around the MG club scene) was now covered in engine oil.......oh how we laughed, eventually!

nice, i bet that took some time to get over, i just hope this new engine starts after all the time and effort put into fitting it.

Atleast i did have it running in the previous car before i bought it, also had the widget connected up too.

Fingers crossed anyway

Fingers crossed im sure it will be ok. It could go two ways, You could be celebrating over a or if it doesnt start
Honestly though youll be back on the road in no time.

hopefully it will be the pint option. Several pints, i deserve it .

to your tenacity mate. Good idea having a check list in case of last minute rush of blood and forgetting summat.

Well done Niff

Good work Niff, looking forward to seeing it at Chatsworth!!

been really bust today with other stuff but i did manage to sqeeze in a few hours tonight.

Only stuff left todo is fill engine with oil, fill gearbox with oil, fill power steering fluid, and fill with coolant.

And also re fit my widget as i took it out the car when i went to hear the new engine bofore i bought it, to check over any faults.

Really busy tomorrow aswell so it will be friday when i do this stuff, so hopefully friday afternoon she should be running and finished.

What a hard job it has been, but it will be worth it when i fire her back up.

4 hours and counting to start up ?

Well what can i say, filled all fluids up today, checked everything over then came to start and she would not kick in, spoke to jonnybravoturbo who suggested a few things, tried these and nothing.

So i went and picked JBT up and he came and had a check on the car with his diagnostic thingy, anyway it looks like my cam phase sensor is buggered.

So still no coop for me yet, i cant get over how off i am.

Many thanks thow to jonnybravoturbo for takin time out to come and look at my car, the guy is a star and i cant thank him enough, i owe him big time, cheers again JBT.

Now im off to cry

This is the error my widget has shown up:

You Entererd 8,177,4,28,71
Error Description : Cam Sensor

Binary Conversion of Field 2; 10110001

Number of engine starts since this error occured -7

short circuit from signal to battery positive, or signal over maximum range

important error for emissions - puts warning light on

failure has been memorised

sporadic errors

Now ive seen on another thread that the ECU can confuse the cam and crank sensor, is this possible?

Just to note JBT came up and plugged his SNAP ON computer into my car and it also showed the cam phase sensor fault, so will this cancel out the chance the ECU is confusing them as his machine also stated cam sensor?

i have no idea, all i can do is admire your tenacity and wish you all the best with it mate. i'm sure you'll soon be roaring round chezvegas again very soon...

Strange thing is i herd this engine running before it was removed. Seems strange that the cam sensor is now faulty. I have a few more things to try but it looks like a big ish bill if the cam sensor needs changing. One i Cant afford yet. An im not doing it myself.

maybe joe has one cheapish? gotta be worth a call or pm mate

Have you double-checked the connection to the cam phase sensor? On the 20v NA it is a real pig to reach, seeing as it is the (?Blue or white?) plug tucked underneath the plenum and right beside a knock sensor that is very similar. When I refitted the last engine I thought I'd got the connections perfect *but* the widget showed No1. knock sensor fault. Although the plug *looked* correct, it hadn't been pushed fully into place until it clicked locked.

It's worth a try. Similar with the crank sensor connections at the other end of the engine, but at least that is easier to reach and replace.....