Richie's Mk1 Restoration

[RichardT10829]

Bit more progress on the carrier, I have got the engine back from Northern Rebore's with the new cam bearings installed and the bores honed, I made a bracket to mount the engine on the stand by the exhaust ports. I feel a bit more confident with it now.

Job one once mounted was to clean all the crap out of the block yet again... I had hoped the machine shop would have done this but never mind

Then I set about installing the cam and the valve assemblies once and for all ! I had to make a pry bar tool to locate the valve guides into the block, then the retainers were added. A but fiddly for me but I got there in the end..... I then had to set the clearances 14thou for the exhausts and 12 thou for the inlets..... The adjustable followers are a godsend !!! Just make sure you drill the block in the right place !

Once I was happy everything spun and all the valves opened and closed without binding, I set the cam timing in place via the large drive sprocket... I then located the opposite mark on the crank and seated the crank in place... Then it was a case of adding the caps and introducing the rods and pistons.

I am missing six castellated rod nuts so will need to make some calls... I have half the pistons in the block..... The rest will have to wait until next time.


It's nice to finally get the thing put back together !