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Hi Folks. Just to round off my original post. My 14j block has been running happily now for the past 5 months, no modification necessary. The items used from the 14j were block, crank and piston assemblies. Everything else was transferred from the 12j plus new wearing parts. Special thanks to...

Futher information on rings - answer is to use GKN set of 4 rings and discard 3rd compression ring.

The existing 12j pistons are 10 thou oversize and only 3 are usable. The 14j is standard, so it's a case of finding the correct rings or 4 new pistons.

Nothing yet . Waiting for Paddocks to re-open then will take the pistons and rings for comparison to ringsets.

Continuing from my earlier post and having cleaned the piston grooves I have measured the compression ring grooves for the 14j engine as 2.5 mm wide which is noticably different to the 12j pistons (which are 2.0mm). Could this help to identify the rings? Thanks

Hello All Still working on the 14j and having fun with parts identification.Need new piston rings and looking on Bearmach and Paddock there are Hepworth sets with three rings and GKN with four. Please see attached photos for my problem. The piston has ETC5041/3 stamped on the top and GKN logo...

Have stripped the 14j engine and it appears to be the same as the 12j ( apart from the timing cover and oil cooler etc.) and should be ok with ancillaries, as suggested. I will replace bottom end bearing shells and oil seals as a matter of expediency. The manual says to replace the bearing cap...

Thanks for all replies and the manual.

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I have a 12j engine with a hole in the side of the block and con-rod trying to escape. I have been offered both 14j and 15j engines to use the block and crank etc. for rebuilding the 12j. Is this do-able?