Three months, two weeks from the day I bid and won the replacement engine on EBAY, I finally have a fully running engine installed and I'm well pleased.

I took a huge risk buying from the web.

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.you hear all sorts of horror stories.

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.and especially as I was buying an engine that had not run for at least two years;

the vendor had bought it to replace the engine in his own car which he ending up scrapping due to rust in the sills.

After a false start with no sparks due to missing one loom connection on the loom, the engine burst into life.

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.no smoke, no nasty noises.

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.it sat there idling away beautifully smoothly.

I've now run it through cold start/ warm up/ cool down cycles and then through hot start tests and all seems well with just one or two small issues.

I have a small oil leak from the front vertical face of the sump nearest the cam belt.

This is due to corrosion.

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.so I'm in the market for a replacement sump.

Also the clutch slave failed as soon as I put my foot on the pedal.

.so a new unit will be fitted.

not too bad as the car has sat in my lock up garage for over a year.

All that remains is a thorough overhaul of the brakes/handbrake.

Replacement drop links and a thorough service and clean.

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.and then the dreaded MOT.

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The car in front might just be a Toyota again.

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.very soon!

Jon
