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If you are having the head fully rebuilt up by a company & not doing yourself, make sure you tell them that the bulbous end (which is the end where the valve guides are driven in) is effective hollow In the middle. Therefore it’s important that the diameter of the driver covers the whole of the...

Thanks. Vern & Speedfreak, got it out! Reading the Rover WSM I missed the reference to the housing, I suppose in my mind I thought the gear was going to slide out through the housing. My excuse, with all the oil & dirt, it looked like the dizzy housing was part of the Auxiliary body lol...

thanks for the idea. I’ve tried this now and I’m afraid it still won’t come out.

Hi All, I am unable to remove the Distributor driving gear, to ready the re-timing of the dizzy after fitting new timing chains & tensioners. Plus refurb‘d head. l‘ve removed the fuel pump & the push rod. (O/h‘d pump) I’ve screwed a bolt into the thread in the drive gear and it‘s free enough to...

I’ve found a engine specialist who repair industrial marine engines using some form of ‘Ali metal filler’, that they say it’s long lasting & a strong repair @ £45 + VAT to clean up the corroded areas & metal fill, plus another £45 + VAT to skim. Good value in my opinion. And same price to skim a...

I almost forgot, the little oil strainer underneath the tensioner oil feed pipe, mines disintegrated, is there a known none p6 replacement?

Thank gents, I’ve took the fuel pump off anyway, as going to fit a new E10 service kit. And I’ve already disconnected the oil hoses, so will remove whole assembly tomorrow. So I take it that there way too much slack on the bottom chain? It‘s weird what some people do, cos I’ve got like-new...

Please see below pics of my bottom timing chain, as I’ve got really bad tinnitus i couldn’t hear any chain tinkering, honest! The pic with my finger pushing the chain is nearly a 1/4” pasted the edge of hole. Mileage is 100k plus. I’ve already got the intermediate chainwheel cluster nut...