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Old 14th November 2015, 23:23   #11
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Would the NOS head just come with the same old inbuilt weaknesses?
Personally, for another £80, l'd still go for the redesigned item. Original isn't always what it's cracked up to be & as l understand it, the 1.8 has been made into a reliable & versatile unit since the original design.
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Old 15th November 2015, 08:01   #12
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Have a look at this:

http://modusengineservices.co.uk/k-series/

Seems like it could be worth the money which sounds far from unreasonable.
Never seen this before but in theory seems a good idea. I've had heads repaired in the past but not to this extent. Bookmarked
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Old 29th November 2015, 15:35   #13
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Thanks for all the advice everyone. I got an imperial feeler guage (took a week with express delivery from amazon) and re-measured. I got 3 thou for the liners, but not more.

So I decided to order a brand new head with valves and I'll sell the old one after taking the cams out, not worth the risk of refitting a soft head.

Also got the ultimate MLS kit with the uprated oil rail from DMGRS

I know there's some controversy saying that the oil rail is only needed for Freelanders and not MGs but I've also heard that MGR advised always fitting it, so why not.

I'll update when its all back together, hopefully it will all be running ok!

Edit: I decided not to go for the modusengineservices.co.uk modification as mine has already been skimmed at least once and the valves look pretty dodgey too.

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Old 22nd March 2017, 21:48   #14
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In case anyone was wondering, I put the MLS gasket on with the liners protruding less than required amount.

Now at 1 and a half years and 10000+ miles it's still going strong, so has lasted longer than the previous original style gasket replacement job.
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Old 23rd March 2017, 01:20   #15
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http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=214880
see post 34 in particular
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