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Old 27th April 2017, 22:13   #7
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Originally Posted by minimutly View Post
Agree with what you say about being able to rebuild k series - you should see some of the baket cases I've fixed. One exception though - a cooked one, never try to fix one, it'll end in tears.
So you'll know that in the safe position pistons one and four are three millimetres further down the bores than two and three then

Yes, I measured them today, just to make sure I wasn't going mad

So tomorrow's job for me is all sixteen valves out, seats recut and valves refaced then lapped in with fine paste, and probably about four to five thou machined off to remove the scratch inflicted upon the otherwise pristine head face where some prawn had dragged it over the rear dowel........yep right over the fire ring mating surface

Anyway it's looking good Mike

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