I spoke to the guys from ebay and then went over to see them. They have sold the engine advertised, but have lots of spares. They say that the hard bit to find and that they can rebuild my engine for less than the one they were advertising.

I've got to get the address of the garage where my car is and they'll collect it as well for me.

They looked like a typical engine builders. There were engineless cars everywhere and engines were all on the benches with a few people rebuilding them. They looked like they knew what they were doing which was reassuring. The boss knew about engines, and this block specifically, but said that his workers, knew much more than he did. He put his hands up and said that rebuilding an engine properly was beyond him which was why he had other people doing it for him.

He reckons it'll be a week or so as they are busy at the moment. Watch this space......