RedRooster

Its not direct enough until you rose joint the links, that makes it a proper job if you have set up the castor / camber properly, but thats another thread.
RR

Have Canley set up & certainly helped with a new tight engine. Also have a Denso i bought off the internet which looks identical but turns the other way!
Thats free to anyone who wants it if i can find it.

RR

Quoted from bxbodger

All you need to do is disconnect the battery positive, set your meter to the amp setting (careful with the leads) and connect it between the battery and positive cable, and you should see a current draw. Some of it will be the radio, some of it will be whatever is draining the battery. You then just pull fuses one by one until you see the draw drop. That will lead you to the problem item.

Guess your going to have to take that valve out & have a look.

Leak down test if you have a compressor would be another thing.

Also check the torque of the head bolts, may give you an idea if they are loose.

To be honest its only going to take a couple of hours to get the head off & you probably need to do that anyway so just get on with it.

Check your water for oil & check your oil for water, if you can find some one with a block leak tester try that.

Check your water for oil & check your oil for water, if you can find some one with a block leak tester try that.

I know that which is why i mentioned a stiffener plate earlier.

Quoted from JohnD

RR,
A spreader plate between the bolt holes?   The flange is already indented in the pressing to stiffen the flange between the bolts, and there are spreaders between some holes, at the back.    I don't see how more will help.
JOhn

Would a spreader plate between all the bolts help prevent the bolt holes distorting?

have you a straight edge you can use with some feeler gauges to check the block & head faces?

Good progress John, had a feeling that the gaps may end up bigger after welding, can't say why just a hunch you know how it is sometimes.

What about when the welds cool? 😉

Can't make the noise John D its 0.05 off, shocking work.
RR

Mine was sitting around since 72 in a car which had an engine fire, came back brand new

http://www.jlspares.com/index.htm

RR

Had a bad experience with them years ago, never used them again.

You can still get the Girling ones rebuilt if you have it.

Obviously you are joking or never driven hard, once on a fast sweeping up hill dual carriageway i ripped the anti roll bar mount off of the chassis on another  highly tuned classic, never felt something so catastrophically wrong or caused so much grief in my life, luckily it was late at night & no one in the other lane or i would have wiped them out.
RR

I also used the rubber boots on mine, they are cheap.

I hate auto cars with a passion, like trying to control a run away train.

List says a GT6 has 4 cylinders!

Quick google search & they seem fine, if you like going sideways that is...

His other videos are in the same vien, amazing he makes it sound so real & proper, brilliant stuff.

Resizing the piston with foil tape 😀

RR

Take the door card off.