4.6 SOHC Mustang Engine and possible a gearbox?
 

Well the car has been off the road for the best part 20 months. SORN late 2019 and well 2020 not much point really was there. I had planned to tax the car from 1/5/21 (I tax by DD and take the car off the road at the first sign of salt) and start enjoying the car a lot more this year. However with the weather being so nice I plumped for taxing it from Friday which I did.

Drove across the A66 to Whitehaven in Cumbria to see the daughter and pick up the wife Saturday 12:00 - 13:00. Lovely drive, busy with traffic but lovely to be out in the car and with both great weather and location. I never pressed the car just overtook in 5th as and when. On the way home I pressed a bit harder and boom the engine left itself on the A66, lots of smoke and I mean a lot of smoke as we coasted to a safe place.

Well once I know what is needed it will become a conversation with the boss (Mrs Miller) about fix or sell. She is not too happy with me and this car right now. It was dark and hard to see but I think most of the bottom of the engine and the gearbox bell housing is totalled. This was a 7000 mile second hand engine and I probably covered less than 10000 miles since the swap. So if I do get it fixed it will be a new crate engine plus some or all of a gear box.

I did see a full up assembly, engine and gearbox for sale a few years ago and I did think it would be a good buy but I had no where to store and I didn't need it did I !!!

I had a peruse tonight but not much to be found in the UK at least. If you know of or hear off let me know please.

Well, 7k -> 8k and boom. Did you find enough of the engine to see what might have been the cause (oil starvation perhaps).

Rimmers were the last, that I know of that was selling a short engine. Try Dreadnought and the like as they might have something or maybe give you a lead on one. What's the build number?

Kev

Give Chris Flanagan a bell at Retro Lifestyle as he specialises in our V8’s.

I have been, thanks all the same. The culprit according to those that know is the revs have passed 6k at some point (every chance with an incorrect gear selection) and stressed the chocolate conrods.