Longer con rod

[rynner]

Good afternoon,
could anybody advise on how much the 32a conrod would cost and a rough price to have a 9e crank split and the longer rod fitted, west cornwall
thanks,

[IanCordes]

Contact Villiers Services, or Nametab Engineering, and they will price it for you.

[rynner]

Thanks,
A guesstimate would be most welcome before i start contacting companies,

[John Wakefield]

Thanks,
A guesstimate would be most welcome before i start contacting companies,

No harm in getting an estimate, you could also ask Simon Bateman (NAMETAB Engineering) 01527 60395

[rynner]

Thanks for the replies,
The thing is i have no intention of using either company for the work and dont want to be rude/waste their time, if the rough price is within my budget i will be using a local engine recon company just a mile up the road who did an unleaded head conversion on my land rover and were extremely helpful in measuring the bores and tolerances etc, they are a small family run company who will help out neighbours and before i ask them to do the crank was just wondering wether it is worth it, its a spare engine,
I was thinking it would be about 40-50pounds but really dont know.

[John Wakefield]

Maybe for the labour to fit the rod, the cost of the rod and big end bearing would probably be another ?50 so around ?100 all told. Alpha Bearingsof Dudley can probably supply the rod & bearing http://www.alpha-bearings.com/ You would not be wasting their time to get a quote as they dont give prices on their web site http://www.alpha-bearings.com/Big%20...ers%20197+.htm

[rynner]

Thanks again,
i have sent Alpha an email,

[IanCordes]

Maybe for the labour to fit the rod, the cost of the rod and big end bearing would probably be another ?50 so around ?100 all told.

You'll be lucky John. You are a bit out of date with prices there!

[John Wakefield]

You'll be lucky John. You are a bit out of date with prices there!

Looks like I am bang on Ian 50 quid on eBay new old stock. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204131829...Bk9SR_DMzKeQYQ

[IanCordes]

You are lucky, John, finding that listing! It is not the price one would pay VS, Nametab or Alpha, though, which is what the question was. The likelihood is it will need an oversize crankpin, so the ones on ebay won't be any good.

[rynner]

I bought one from ebay, as it happens the seller is local, it seems that V.S and alpha only do service exchange conrods now so if i need a bigger pin then my options will be to either send the crank to v.s to do whatever to change the rod, source a 32a crank assembly or find and fit a 9e top end and sell my 250 top end,maybe find a cd175/ xl185 lump to fit in, i am drawn to having a 4stroke motor in a scottish but not a Triumph,

[John Wakefield]

I bought one from ebay, as it happens the seller is local, it seems that V.S and alpha only do service exchange conrods now so if i need a bigger pin then my options will be to either send the crank to v.s to do whatever to change the rod, source a 32a crank assembly or find and fit a 9e top end and sell my 250 top end,maybe find a cd175/ xl185 lump to fit in, i am drawn to having a 4stroke motor in a scottish but not a Triumph,

The pin fit should be OK unless the crank has been apart several times before.

[rynner]

Thanks,Thats reasssuring to hear,
I had the ebay one in mind when i first posted my questions and if the local engineer can do the pin then i will most likely fit V.S supplied mains and seals, piston,rings and rebore if needed + a new ignition coil/points and use their carb refurb service,