Right then - some more action - but before we get down to the the money shots, I thought a little foreplay might help set the mood....
This is the new 'Stairway to Heaven' to my loft, where I keep all my NOS contraband filth!

I opened a few more boxes and couldn't resist a little appetizer...

Complete rear axle installation kit! (X2)

Oooof!

Nice!

Wish I'd known I had this before I went out an bought an exhaust fitting kit and cork gas cap seal!

Which might come in handy for this little lot!


NOS battery cover was a pleasent surprize!

Steady on now.... hope this spare original sekurit windscreen doesn't come in handy one day!

This pic is the equivelent of showing a bit of suspender belt....

I only had a quick peep in this box, but it was too much to take....

Needed a cold shower after that little lot.... and that;s not all of it!
Right then - down to business!
Despite me having a lovely NOS oil strainer, I decided to thoroughly clean the old one and re-use it as it was perfectly seriveable. It had a deep bath in a custom mix of boiling degreaser which lifted the dirt off instantly. Came up like new!



Then I could fit it to the engine with a my nice NOS gaskets.




10mm nuts get torqued to 5ft/lbs only kids!

And now for the valve guides - a job I'd been approaching with a little trepidation, I must admit.
First up was to grease the new guides to aid installation and put them in the freezer overnight (last night).


Hope nobody wants a midnight feast!

Then, with my best Gordon Ramsey impression, I popped the heads in the oven for dinner - 150 deg C for 30 mins, on a flat surface.

Mmmm, tastey! - Good enoughto eat!

Once they were thoroughly cooked, I removed the poor little valve guides from their icy tomb and blasted them with some liquid nitrogen spray for good measure!

At this point I had to postpone my photographic aprirations as I just didnt have time to stop and take pics. I made a soft brass drift and whilst fumbling with the guides through my thick welding gauntlets, 'tapped' them home. It was reassuring that the new guides were about as tight going in as the old ones were coming out - that is that they didn't exactly 'fall in' and I'm confident that they won't be falling out any time soon!
Once the heads had cooled, I tested the valves and they seemda very nice fit, with just the right amount of freedom and play as per the Bentley manual.


I'd call that a win?
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25/36hp Crank-Flywheel shims - 3 sizes
NOS king pin thrust & fibre washers - all sizes
Cloth braided nitrile fuel hose safe for modern fuels
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