head rebuild
Hi thanks for the info,the headgasket was in bad shape as I thought,I stripped the head down and gave it a really good clean,there was alot of gunk in the ports and around the valves,I replaced the valve seals and grinded in the valves.the engine is solid but needed a good clean inside and out,and with a new mls gasket I think it should run pretty good,I don't want massive power but just to have it running nice.I also painted the intake manifold and valve and timing gear covers,it looks alot better than before.I haven't turned the key yet, I am a bit nervous,I am going to double check everything,I think it should be ok.I also had to fabricate a couple of tools for the rear cam sprocket bolt and sprocket holder,you really do need everything the greenbook says to work at these engines if you want it to run again.
I will let you's know how I get on.
Cheers
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