Looking for mechanic for engine swap with new "K" series engine

[Bogbrush82]

MG John had an MG6 engine fitted to one of his cars. Try sending him a PM and see what he says.

[Supervinnie40]

Thanks Bogbrush82. I'm afraid John was one of the many respected Rover-guru's that never replied to my PM's.

[sjr]

Chris Flanagan at Retro sports cars. I think he has already done this conversion. I know he converted an MG6 to automatic using a 75/ZT gearbox.

He was excellent with a problem with my car.

SJR

[Supervinnie40]

Thanks Sjr, he was already mentioned by somebody on Facebook a few months ago. But I can always try again. He never replied to any of my mails either.

[Blink]

Originally Posted by Teflon

Lates is a small outfit run by Lates and his mate Pete at weekends. They are VERY good and know our cars inside out. Contact details are on their website Lates600.com .

Cliff

The best sea ports for Lates are probably Harwich or Hull (ferry from Rotterdam). Here are the approx. distances to Grandborough (where Lates is):

• Harwich - 154 miles link
• Hull (P&O Ferries King George Dock) - 145 miles link
• Dover - 174 miles link
• Newcastle - 211 miles link

[Supervinnie40]

Almost 1 month went passed. Emailed everybody that was mentioned. Tried to call most. Even emailed a few i found via google.

I got....
1 reply, saying they couldn't help me.
1 person bothered to pick up the phone saying they don't do K-series engines.

Is there a thing against Dutch people? Do mechanics hate male 75 owners from dutchland?
I honestly do not understand why it seems impossible to get any replies from anybody. As the kids these days would say: WTF?

[MSS]

Originally Posted by Supervinnie40

Almost 1 month went passed. Emailed everybody that was mentioned. Tried to call most. Even emailed a few i found via google.

I got....
1 reply, saying they couldn't help me.
1 person bothered to pick up the phone saying they don't do K-series engines.

Is there a thing against Dutch people? Do mechanics hate male 75 owners from dutchland?
I honestly do not understand why it seems impossible to get any replies from anybody. As the kids these days would say: WTF?

I suspect you are suffering from the general problem that most people in your shoes in the UK would not have such work done by a professional (for payment) and would just write off the car. Only those who do the work themselves for themselves would generally undertake such a venture over here.

As for MGJohn, I suspect you would need to declare your anti-EU, anti-European, anti-establishment, anti-media and aniti-lefty feelings as well as acknowledge that "things did not used to be like this" in order to establish the camaraderie required to secure a response.

[Supervinnie40]

Sounds like its getting pretty much impossible to get a proper Rover mechanic to do anything on my car. You'd think they wouldn't mind earning some money? Seriously don't get it....

[Teflon]

You could try getting in touch with these folk: RoverKseries Specialists . I've not used them myself, so can't comment on how good (or otherwise) they are, but I did find a few references to them on a Land Rover site that were positive.

They also have a Facebook page here with some positive comments (Roverkseries.com seems to be part of Freelanderspecialist.com).

Can't hurt to drop them an e-mail.

Cliff

[marinabrian]

How about going HERE



You can tell Peter that the IPK I received today has been repaired too



They have T4, are XPart accredited dealers, and looking at the sign on the side of the building, won't have a problem dealing with a 1800 75





Brian