Yup. It's a fair point that there may be clouds on the horizon. But for now, I got here. Pretty happy with that. There's a fair amount of work to do and I'll add this to the list Cheers all.
There's not nearly enough info on this thread as to what was actually wrong, it's all smoke and mirrors!
Loose type4 valve seat syndrome. If your lucky and adept at whacking the tappet against the valve stem then the can pop right back in!
not lucky, he was directly by a master , its a type one engine and they don't generally drop seats out, but they do get real hot when the heads are loose and the valves can seize in the guides, I carefully placed hammer can make it good as new
