The engine is the most expensive part of the car to rebuild. Fortunately, I was able to buy a rebuilt 1600 cc short block from Geoff Pickard. This saved me a lot of money and work. I chased down a rebuilt cylinder head on ebay for a song. The rockers were rebuilt with a new shaft, rebushing and reaming the rocker arms (Fortin's again), and replacing the aluminium support brackets with MGB cast iron ones. Other parts were purchased to rebuild the generator and distributor. The generator was tested for shorts and then all new bushings and bearings installed. The commutator was turned, and new brushes installed. The distributor had new points, rotor, cap, spark plug wires, and spark plugs installed. The timing was set to ten degrees advance BTDC.
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