Anyone in Hobart?

pigdog

Hey guys is anyone down Hobart?

So it's not Volvo related haha

I bought a van for work and daily life, it's a heap of shit and i need a new head haha

I've met a bloke in Hobart who has a reco head I can buy he's just not sure about shipping me the head.

He's seems like cool guy and said he's happy to work thru it all with me so thats a plus.

Wondering what the best and cheapest courier would be to get it here (dapto nsw).

And possibly if this bloke decides shipping is too much hassle if someone was in Hobart that could grab it and ship it to me.

Even know there's thousands of my vans out there for somereason it's bloody hard getting a hold of a decent head or motor.

It's a ford econovan, 1 bloke was trying to sell me a used "good" motor with 400ks on it for 2k and everyone was saying jump on it that just blows my mind it's a 23yo carby 4 banger haha

This bloke in tassie is offering a reco head for 260 plus shipping so I'm jumping on that haha

Anyways, yeah any suggestions?

I've sent a few heads all over Aus thru pack and send and they seemed reasonable but anything I've ever sent or bought from Tassie is expensive as hell shipping so was trying to figure out the best plan of attack cause I'm poor and need to also finish this damn volvo..... And beetle.. And now a bloody van ?

Picture of van motor for sympathy

Was a camper had a side of the road head gasket fix ie whole tube of rtv and sent it hahahaha and it worked for a long bloody time.

How this car ran I do not know the head bolts were finger tight guys hahaha

I drove it 120ks home like that, raced my hilux and starlet and won and did burnouts hahahaha

howwwwww ?

Ex850R

It is a Mazda motor.

pigdog

Ex850R
It is a Mazda motor.

Yeah Mazda 2.0 fe motor.

paul0075

If you can't figure out any other option, I can collect it next month for you. My cousin lives in Brownsville, I could drop it off to you. But it is likely you would not see it before the end of Feb or well into March.

pigdog

paul0075
If you can't figure out any other option, I can collect it next month for you. My cousin lives in Brownsville, I could drop it off to you. But it is likely you would not see it before the end of Feb or well into March.

Thanks for the offer Paul ill see how I go with everything.

Philia_Bear
I'm flying to Tasmania on the 1st of Feb and taking ferry back on the 4th
I can easily pick it up and bring it to Sydney via the coast road or something and dump it off for you
Van looks like the one that @PaddlerEd owned and had to do a head reco at my place

That would be awesome, I'll keep in contact and if him shipping it falls thru I'll hit you up.

PaddlerEd
@Philia_Bear Yep, it's the same... We ended up with a whole engine rebuild as the pistons could be moved around in the bores!
There used to be all manner of engine conversions for them, not sure what there is now.

Shhh don't say that ?

the pistons have abit of movement but I've seen redblocks way worse been put back together and sent haha

My mates 740t for instance you could slap the pistons all around easily with your finger when we had the head off we slapped a head on and that was a few years ago and it's still running.

The piston slap is terrible but that thing is still going haha

When the engine was running it was smooth and quite so I'm hopeful a head and she will be sweet.

3.8 buick / ecotech seems to be the popular swap, there's a kit available thru v6 conversions and it's a simple Conversion by the looks of it

I eyeballed a few rough Mesurments for science hahaha and I dare say a redblock would almost just bolt in with a combination of the Volvo and Ford mounts ?

Probs need to vert mount it though, exhaust is wrong side but plenty of room to make it work

Philia_Bear

I'm flying to Tasmania on the 1st of Feb and taking ferry back on the 4th

I can easily pick it up and bring it to Sydney via the coast road or something and dump it off for you

Van looks like the one that @PaddlerEd owned and had to do a head reco at my place

PaddlerEd

@Philia_Bear Yep, it's the same... We ended up with a whole engine rebuild as the pistons could be moved around in the bores!

There used to be all manner of engine conversions for them, not sure what there is now.

Philia_Bear

4bt swap?

pigdog

Philia_Bear
4bt swap?

Hell yeah, I'll drop it at your place let me know when it's done..?

I just need to get this nugget on the road asap, I've been talking to a few guys and there may be options.

The Mazda 626 and 929 heads may work.

They are 12v though not 8v so I'm trying to confirm if it is just a bolt on affair.

Head gaskets are the same, all manifolds etc are the same, from what I can find out they are identical except 12v

My pistons have valve reliefs cut so I'm assuming it would be like our 16v conversions and I would need more reliefs cut or use the 12v pistons, at this point I'm talking out of my ass though my skill level ran out 3 paragraphs ago

Bob

Hey Dave.

I'm heading north to Toowoomba next week (I sail across the pond on the day of the 20th) - I have room in the back of the ute if you want.

I'm not going anywhere near Wollongong as I head north but at least I could get it to the north island :-) for you.

Cheers.

Rob

pigdog

Bob
Hey Dave.
I'm heading north to Toowoomba next week (I sail across the pond on the day of the 20th) - I have room in the back of the ute if you want.
I'm not going anywhere near Wollongong as I head north but at least I could get it to the north island :-) for you.
Cheers.
Rob

Cheers Rob I'll see how I go, even just getting it to the mainland would help Alot.

The guy with the head seems to be coming around to the idea of shipping it haha

I told him all you need to do is box it up and print a label I'll organize everything else so hopefully he just does would make life easier.

I didn't think it would be this hard finding a head, I'm in all the econovan and e2000 groups now and Noone has anything.

There's a e2000 around the corner that hasnt moved in quite some time, grass is starting to grow up around it but it looks Alot cleaner then mine I'm going to go knock on the door tomorrow and see what he's doing with it, I've also found a clean looking e2000 in Canberra for $500 so I'm hoping they get back to me too

My mate just bought a Mitsubishi express with a blown motor and is having the excat same problem, he can't source a cheap motor anywhere everyone wants 2k+ for high milage "good" runners.

Van prices are ridiculous

PaddlerEd

There's also a 626 Turbo engine that is based on the Mazda FE motor...

pigdog

PaddlerEd
There's also a 626 Turbo engine that is based on the Mazda FE motor...

Yeah the FET motor, efi turbo.

No idea where I would find one and anyways I need to not be silly haha

There's a rotary econovan locally too ?

240

pigdog
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/214214#Comment_214214
Yeah the FET motor, efi turbo.
No idea where I would find one and anyways I need to not be silly haha
There's a rotary econovan locally too ?

Actually in the 626 it's an F2T but quite similar to the FE.

My friend and I have a 626 with an F2 that blew the head and we found an F2T for sale we're currently rebuilding to put in.

If you want to do it all properly it's not actually that hard to pull the pistons and clean up the rings and do a bit of head work eg valve seals etc.

Let us know if you run into any trouble when you're putting it back together and I can tell you about all the mistakes I made and learnt from.

I also probably have some spare parts if you need anything from the old broken motor.

Ex850R

pigdog
https://ozvolvo.org/discussion/comment/214213#Comment_214213
Cheers Rob I'll see how I go, even just getting it to the mainland would help Alot.
The guy with the head seems to be coming around to the idea of shipping it haha
I told him all you need to do is box it up and print a label I'll organize everything else so hopefully he just does would make life easier.
I didn't think it would be this hard finding a head, I'm in all the econovan and e2000 groups now and Noone has anything.
There's a e2000 around the corner that hasnt moved in quite some time, grass is starting to grow up around it but it looks Alot cleaner then mine I'm going to go knock on the door tomorrow and see what he's doing with it, I've also found a clean looking e2000 in Canberra for $500 so I'm hoping they get back to me too
My mate just bought a Mitsubishi express with a blown motor and is having the excat same problem, he can't source a cheap motor anywhere everyone wants 2k+ for high milage "good" runners.
Van prices are ridiculous

Rent.......

Or get serious and either steal one or BUY NEW

Ex850R

Box it, white paper, texta, done

PaddlerEd

Back when we had out van (that got rebuilt motor in @Philia_Bear's yard with @VolvoHordz help) they weren't that easy to find in good condition, and that was 12 years ago.

I can run into the yard here and see what they've got, but I have a feeling there's only a Kia Preggers and a Bitsamissing in it.

pigdog

PaddlerEd
Back when we had out van (that got rebuilt motor in @Philia_Bear's yard with @VolvoHordz help) they weren't that easy to find in good condition, and that was 12 years ago.
I can run into the yard here and see what they've got, but I have a feeling there's only a Kia Preggers and a Bitsamissing in it.

Yeah i think at this point most have been used and abused.

Some bloke was telling me he bought a Chinese reproduction head and has done over 100k on it so far no issue..

Yet when asked about said Chinese head he vanished.

If it's not out of your way or you happen to be there have a squiz for me but if not I'll find one......

or you will hear about a econovan found rolling thru dapto town center on fire

PaddlerEd

Oh, I think wife was close to torching the van several times

Quite how she managed living with me in it for about 18months is a miracle...

Philia_Bear

PaddlerEd
Oh, I think wife was close to torching the van several times
Quite how she managed living with me in it for about 18months is a miracle...

The wife knew she was out cash if she torched it.... that was the only thing holding her back

pigdog

I think me and the misses would last a day together in a van before we murdered each other so you did well hahahaha