A wise man once said…

All good projects start with removing the engine

Yep.

I found that one of the timing chain guides is broken so I'm spending an hour here and there on this, and now I'm almost ready to pull the engine. It's all come apart nice and easy and I've found a few small issues I might not have noticed.

So, new chain kit going in. I might push this out over a few months so I can get the forged pistons in while it's all out. No budget for it really but seems crazy not to.

Of course this also means having the cylinder walls honed and some other heavy engineering works kind of stuff.

I'm not hugely confident at this level, patience, workshop cleanliness etc all big factors.. not sure if I can afford to get an engineering shop to assemble it.. or indeed if I can afford not to!