Last weekend I started to strip my engine of the carbs, inlet manifold and rocker covers ready for refurbishment and new gaskets.
You can see its all a bit grubby so having removed a load of bits it should allow me to give it a good clean.
Carburettors and manifold ready for dismantling.
Having never checked the condition inside of the heads and the valley I thought it wise to replace the gaskets as there was a small leak at the back and one of the rocker covers occasionally leaked oil vapour.
I'm no expert but it looks pretty clean and sludge free. Any comments from wiser people would be appreciated
I appreciate that to properly inspect the cam it should be removed but on inspection I think it looks good with pronounced lobes. I have seen pictures of some very worn ones. Would anyone else agree just from the photos?
Here's the reason for the oil vapour from the rocker cover. A cork gasket that has appreared to have shrunk.
Unfortunatley because both of the carbs had slight leaks from the float bowl it has taken some of the paint of the rocker covers but seeing as they have scrubbed up well and I'm not trying for a concours look they will do just fine.
As it stands today I have just recieved my new valley gasket and rubber rocker cover gaskets so I shall try and fit these over the weekend. At the same time I ordered replacement heater hoses as mine were not far from going 'pop' due to the excessive splits in them :shock: My only problem is that I have been sent a wrong top hose. Is the top the inlet or outlet?
I also managed to remove the carbs from the manifold so that can be cleaned as well this weekend. Even though I will be having new throttle discs minus poppet valves and new shaft bushes fitted I'm still unsure if I should rebuild them myself or get the company doing the discs and shafts to do it. They want £297 to completly refurbish them ; if I let them do the discs and shafts and refurb the rest myself the total cost will be about £90 less. Im just wondering if it would be best to spend the extra to have them come back pristine and tested? Any thoughts?