Nearly there

My friend has been really busy so only just got the heads back.
Heli-coils look good.

Bought yes another head gasket set - head bolts and valley cover and started putting things back together today.

Heads are on - inlet manifold is on.

Just got:

• Rocker covers
• Injection system
• Pas pump
• Heater pipes
• the dreaded exhaust manifolds
• and poly vee belt

to put back on then I should be ready!

The leaking manifold bolt saga continues

What a nightmare!

After getting the manifolds off. I gave the heads to a local garage to remove the studs make sure the threads were ok.. Big mistake. They drilled and tapped the threads (badly).

I put the heads back on and found that 2 bolts (one on each side) weren't tightening up.

I removed the heads again.... and low and behold the thread was totally chewed through.

A friend (who works for an engineering firm) has kindly taken the heads and put helicoils in - I should now be able to finally get her back on the road.

One thing I have found is my radiator needs replacing. Oh well