how long will it take...

[NoVa_KhAn]

2 take out my 1litre n put this 1.4sr engine in?

mechanic is tellin me 3- 4 days now!


anyone local wanad o it 4 me? cash waitin

[General Baxter]

a full day maybe 2 :wink:

[Snowface]

depends how much u know about engines.

[retrosi]

how longs a piece of string??

a mate and me put a c16xe in a 1l in 4-5hours but we are boith qualified mechanics...if you have the right mounts/looms etc no problems should occur...pretty styraight forward

[Philsutton]

i'd say 2 days, but thats with lots of fag breaks, having a lie in in the morning an if a lot of things go wrong

[namkeaps]

rush job took 4 of us 4 and 1/2 hours to have a 1.2i engine out and a 1.4sr in. had it running ... sort of lol

it can be done in a day easy. depends how desperate you are

[fafnova]

took me and 4 mates an evning to get 2litre out n turbo back in and bolted up

[Ste_Nova]

i did a 1.0 - 1.4 swap in a day on my own... in the winter outside... with breaks and stuff :lol:

[NoVa_KhAn]

i wish u could do mine ste!

ive been wihtout my car since tuesday n its killin me

mechanics startin 2 work on it on tuesday sed it mite take him 4 days!!!

[Philsutton]

i need mine back its killing me as well, 4 days they must be really fat

[Riggy]

we did mine in about 2 days after getting all the bit and that was with all the trouble with about 3 knackard gear boxes :lol: :lol:

[robb]

4 days! jesus they must be really lazy or crippled.

There are about 8 wires to connect up, 4 hoses and a few other things, we have had 2 blocks out and 1 back in in about 4 hours. Also a headgasket change in around 30min. So that is 4 and a half hours if you have to take the 1.4 engine out too.

Try it your self, just need a couple of jacks and axle stands then some spanners.

[DrivingSpanner]

i bet the 4 days will be till it ll be ready to pick up/go... he wont be working on it full time or the bill would be about ?1000+ just labour, he'll be fitting it around other jobs!

[Ben]

I want a job as a mechanic if i get paid ?1000+ for 6 hours work!!!

[Chris]

I have done GTE out and GTE back in in around 4 hours, thats with two post ramps and air tools though. With a few fag breaks too, and cam belt change :lol:

[DrivingSpanner]

The mechanic dont get paid ?1000, he will get about ?5 an hour! the rest goes on paying bills/overheads, ie rent, rates, heating, electric, the bosses profit!!! believe me you dont really want a job as a mechanic...

[Chris]

if he is a proper mechanic then he should charge at least ?25 an hour. About 1/4 of that will be to cover overheads.