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Old 23-12-16, 18:37
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Good find.
Be wary of the Portugese army's maintenance though. I rebuilt an engine from one of these and they had rebored it in two different bore sizes, three bores of each!
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Old 23-12-16, 18:54
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Good find.
Be wary of the Portugese army's maintenance though. I rebuilt an engine from one of these and they had rebored it in two different bore sizes, three bores of each!
Richard, I have access to 3 other engines and blocks, so definitely will be doing a complete engine rebuild!
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Old 24-12-16, 13:49
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nice bit of kit mate. where is it
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Old 25-12-16, 17:12
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She is in Belgium at the moment, but will move to Holland for a little while..
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Great find! Congratulations on your purchase.
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Old 26-12-16, 16:44
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I need one of those but a dingo would do.
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Old 26-12-16, 19:32
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Well my old dingo went north!!
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