The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Seems a lot of money - even allowing a generous "you get what you pay for" margin. Are you sure that is for them to just convert your head supplied to them or did they assume you deliver them the car and they have to remove, refurb, then refit. I ask because Quiller quote £698 + vat for exactly that.

Parts (valves, spring & guides) are less than £100 - from Rimmers so that leaves 8 hardened valve seats at around £6 each so less than £150 for parts.

With the right gear it doesn't take long to counterbore the old seats and press in the inserts, press in new guides and then grind in the new valves.

I paid £900 for a rebore, crankgrind and balance, head skim, new guide and hardened seats on my 948cc engine for my Standard 10 -basically the same engine as the 1500cc, though that was a couple of years ago.

Quiller have been around a good few years, I bought a recon diff from them a good few years back when they were in Woolwich, seemed OK and a good price.

Roger

The Quiller website has not been updated for many years, or at least parts of it.
So make proper enquiries before comparing costs.

Not so many places do exchange heads any more, but plenty will do the machining. I reckon £3-400 is the ballpark figure. 10 years ago I had hardened seats fitted and that was £20 each, down in the expensive SE.

As a note, it is worth the couple of pounds extra for a 3 angle seat.

I used Head Technique in Telford on a recommendation from Carledo for my 1500 SE about 18 months ago. It was around £250 from memory for test and then setting up for unleaded. I did have to drop off / collect but I'm assuming a courier wouldn't be that much....?

[quote=bazyerma post_id=333686 time=1603801793 user_id=13747

.......will hopeful have the head back from AGRA engineering in Dundee tomorrow and £145 pounds lighter for a pressure test and delivery back to me

Barry