Tis a lucrative business rebuilding SXV motors....! He already had 2 or 3 on the bench when my nightmare turned up....
Glad you are getting it sorted. Could have been a lot worse but at the same time you could do without the grief. Not the''never seen this before'' line.
So far everyone thats commented hasnt seen it....im in for a crank and shells to him but i got off lucky....engine is back with me now, going in saturday night. Might sound weird to a lot of people but once it had failed i was almost happy (in a weird way) to get the motor out... Quite excited to get in there saturday night....
It will be (and it was!)...just got the engine back in this morning. And, i have to say its probably the easiest engine ive ever refitted....so im told by one of the lads on the forum i think from bench to riding about an hour and 40 mins... prepped engine with no fuel start to get oil round the shells. Prime the fuel pump and it started straight away.
