middie
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Had a free Saturday this weekend, so spent some time undoing bolts and moving down into the engine to see what it looks like. Never been inside here before and it is quite an experience.
I trawled the forum, and took notes on all the knowledgeable people and their advice, looked at all your replies to my posts - and finally took a real lot of notice of both JP and Rich. They are the gurus for me.
Even got myself a small box - cut holes in the top - and put all the pushrods in sequence so I can lock them away ready for when I start building up again.
Anyway . . . following are some pictures for you to see the state of the engine. Not too sure if this will clean up when I get the head pickled/boiled and the valves all cleaned up??? Only time will tell.
I posted this earlier, and it was suggested it was a loose bolt causing a leak
This is what I found when I looked into the piston sleeve.
This is the valve area
This is a shot of the top of the tappets. There are some marks on there so I'm assuming I'll be advised to replace them while I have the engine stripped
Also, one of the "bubble" ends off one of the pushrods was "left behind" when I removed the rod. No problem getting it out, but does this mean that the rest of the pushrods are suspect. I've put it all aside on the bench, and next I'll start exploring how to take a piston out. John Twist from University Motors has also been of immense help with his very easy to understand lessons on the Internet.
<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt">A few months ago I couldn't even spell mekanick, now I are one</span>.</span></span>
Wazza
I trawled the forum, and took notes on all the knowledgeable people and their advice, looked at all your replies to my posts - and finally took a real lot of notice of both JP and Rich. They are the gurus for me.
Even got myself a small box - cut holes in the top - and put all the pushrods in sequence so I can lock them away ready for when I start building up again.
Anyway . . . following are some pictures for you to see the state of the engine. Not too sure if this will clean up when I get the head pickled/boiled and the valves all cleaned up??? Only time will tell.
I posted this earlier, and it was suggested it was a loose bolt causing a leak
This is what I found when I looked into the piston sleeve.
This is the valve area
This is a shot of the top of the tappets. There are some marks on there so I'm assuming I'll be advised to replace them while I have the engine stripped
Also, one of the "bubble" ends off one of the pushrods was "left behind" when I removed the rod. No problem getting it out, but does this mean that the rest of the pushrods are suspect. I've put it all aside on the bench, and next I'll start exploring how to take a piston out. John Twist from University Motors has also been of immense help with his very easy to understand lessons on the Internet.
<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt">A few months ago I couldn't even spell mekanick, now I are one</span>.</span></span>
Wazza