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[miniman5]

the day is nieh here we go lol cant wait to do it jsut waiting for my school pal dean to come over and where guna get a crakin with the nakin! look in my project (silly silber) ile put all teh pics and how it all went in there later!

[Leonard]

take the rods off before the head. make sure you carefully wiggle them so the cam followers drop off still standing up.
first remove rockers, then pushrods (keep them in order), then head. remember to torque the headnuts up in the right order, and again when the engine has been run for a while.
best of luck

[Boab]

Just a quick question, why do you have to keep the rods in the right order? (Even though I have done this)

[Leonard]

i think its because parts wear into each other. ie push rods and cam followers wear to each others shape, as do rockers and push rods. you have to keep them in order as they are now matched parts

[TimS]

make sure you unbolt the head in a circular motion, or as the Haynes says or esle you may warp the head! You can lift the head off and the push rods will come out with it, then relove the rockers and pull them out!

[AndyM]

Just a small tip when replacing the head gasket: Don't forget to reset the rocker-to-valve stem clearances. Just replaced the head gasket on a friend's over the weekend and scratched our heads for half an hour as to why it wouldn't start. There was no clearance at all, therefore no compression, therefore no va va voom.
Andy.

[TimS]

no clearance? no compression? surely if there was no clearance it would open the valve sooner!?

[AndyM]

I meant there was no clearance between the valve stem and the rocker, so the valves were never completely closing. Hence no compression. Andy.

[miniman5]

hello! have a look in my project (silly silber) ive got soem picys in there, ile put some more in tomorrow.

[miniman5]

hello just sorted the miss fireing out! wan just lean thats all just need to ajust the idleign speen now and its sorted! :grin: