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Old May 15th, 2023, 13:34   #25
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Various packages have arrived over the previous few days...
That was some really good work there, I particularly liked the detective bit about using the endoscope to take a look at the inlet valves. I still think you have just about dodged a bullet.

One of the things about older motor cars is that the more one looks, the more one will find wrong, at some point one has to let go and not look any more. It is of course sensible to change the injector seals and the tensioner spring - but where will it stop... ?

I always find a smug satisfaction in improving older motor cars and motorcycles by just putting them together properly and rectifying decades of bodges. In this case it will be nice for you to achieve an oil leak free motor without all that silicone and stuff.

Well done.

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