Top tip - thanks!Make a band to go around the camshaft sprocket before you run the engine without the cover or you’ll have oil everywhere! Ask me how I know!
Interesting, the buckets on my TC were unworn as far as I could tell when I removed the head. (Sorry to hijack the thread a little).I've experienced that problem once, and although the customer wasn't prepared to pay for further investigation, I put it down to the buckets worn in the carrier, which is a problem that occurs on the XK engines.
So the question is: Why the clacking? It could be the valve springs (which I didn't change when I rebuilt the engine ) but apart from that, I can't think of anything. I intend to run the engine without the cam cover on to see if I can detect where the noise is actually coming from.
I'll let you know how it goes....
interesting pics. thanks for sharing. did notice rear brake caliper looked totally different to mine. hmm
Rovers policy was for a reconditioned replacement engine to take on the engine number of the old engine being replaced and that number would be stamped on the engine in the correct place, by the dealer. As often as not it never happened. Any numbers on the brass plate are the Recon Engine Part Number, location of rebuild and oversize/undersize dimensions of bore and crank. A new engine would have a new sequence number already stampedI've mentioned it some time ago, but you may see that there is no engine number on the ledge. This engine was a Rover - rebuilt unit (in the 60s I think) & has a plate on the LHS screwed to the block, number 600600 or similar. Likewise with the gearbox.
My apologies Harvey - I had not seen your post, but will definitely try that first!Check the sleeve in the carb inlet.